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1788 Mass Cent, Why Is The Bidding Up To Over $7,500?

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 Posted 12/27/2018  10:21 pm Show Profile   Check RK55's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add RK55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I bid on this ebay coin thinking it was a nice circulated Mass Cent at $125, and was going to throw a final bid up at the end but now the bidding has gone crazy. One of the bidders is quite knowledgeable on colonials....so what am I missing?

Is this a super rare Ryder variety or maybe a rare counterfeit? Any ideas?

The listing ends in about 24 hours. Item #283312734420

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 Posted 12/28/2018  10:31 am  Show Profile   Check RK55's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add RK55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have looked over the Ryder variety charts, could this be the Ryder 13-I? rarity 8?
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 Posted 12/28/2018  11:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I cant believe people will pay that much for a coin that's not in a slab. Maybe its just me
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13-I Is what I come up with as well. Mike Packard's records show 6 known with finest being a VF-20. Important coin for a Mass. Specialist.
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Almost 11 grand right now.
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 Posted 12/28/2018  6:10 pm  Show Profile   Check 52Raymo's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add 52Raymo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
RK how can you tell who's bidding on it ? All I can see is hidden bidders.
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52Raymo, it shows hidden bidders to me also but from experience I know from the large feedback # who it is (also a seller)and based on the category. I don't know who current high bidder is...
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I see, thanks RK.
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Sorry, I started another thread on this without knowing about this one. Way over my head.
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Ended at almost 11K, holy cow!
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it shows hidden bidders to me also but from experience I know from the large feedback # who it is (also a seller)and based on the category.


Yup.

What's funny is that I was about to email him about this coin so he would know to bid. Now I know that he already knew about it!
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That's one of the nicest examples of a super-rare variety of Massachusetts cent I've seen. These don't exactly come up for auction very often...
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Wow, this is just insane. From looking at the description, this seller could have very well listed it for Buy It Now at $150 and been happy. Someone else would have made A LOT of money, but he luckily decided to go with the auction format. Too bad ebay takes such a big fee!
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Too bad ebay takes such a big fee!


They probably take less of a cut than the big auction houses.
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Just to let everyone know, the winning bidder never paid. I talked to the seller before and after the auction, He was going to look into selling it elsewhere. Have not talked to him in months.
The bidder was suspect which I mentioned to the seller, I wished him luck before it ended and I was hoping it went to the more experienced buyer..it did not.
Buyer was playing a game.
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