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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by johnnysprawl
11/28/2017 12:04 am
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Rest in Peace
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Doubt if it is a "mint assist since reverse is flattened penny. looks like something was pressed hydraulically (lots of pressure) to smear the image and flatten details that much. If someone had that mechanism, they could have made a pressed die and then re-pressesed it on an existing penny. Man-made, not an error. Not "stamped on wrong planchet. And not a " Magician's coin either. |
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Someone's experiment with a "soft die" of a 5-cent reverse... the flattened rims on the 1c reverse are a dead giveaway...
A cool conversation piece though...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It really didn't surprise me to see this coin sell north of $100.
Edited by darryldarryl
12/05/2017 6:56 pm
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Canada
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Absolutely ridiculous... I imagine we'll see more fabricated in the near future, with folks hoping to turn 6 cents into $100...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Its quite upsetting to see this crap being peddled all the time on ebay. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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hopefully the winning bidder knew what they were bidding on. considering it sold for over $100 I doubt they did. pity.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's weird that the seller added this note a full two days before the auction ended: "Just putting the word out there...this coin is a fake error. Someone is going to be terribly disappointed with their purchase."
...and yet it still sold for that much. Possible that the winner placed their high bid before that note. Equally possible (nay, likely) that some bidders don't read the full description.
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Valued Member
Canada
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lol wow thats a fairly honest and accurate description of how one would feel after realizing its a fake.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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From the listing Quote:
CERTAINLY COULD BE SOME SORT OF FAKE BUT STILL INTERESTING
I have received a note from a eBayer (included) if anyone who has made a bid wishes to cancel it
based on this letter please do so
On Dec-02-17 at 13:45:16 PST, seller added the following information:
Hi
Just putting the word out there...this coin is a fake error. Someone is going to be terribly disappointed with their purchase.
How do you prevent stoopid? "Caveat Emptor" is quite clear here. Should ebay be responsible for protecting buyers from their own greed and ignorance? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Considering that I reported the listing and they chose to ignore it speaks volume about ebay. The only thing that came out of reporting it was email from ebay asking me for feedback on the latest contact that I had with them, asking if my issue was taking care of to my satisfaction. Hell no! |
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