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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by edweather
04/02/2019 9:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I think you may have typed in the wrong ebay listing |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Must be the wrong ID Number, all I see is a pair of sandels for sale.
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:I think you may have typed in the wrong ebay listing Definitely not a Half Cent!  Quote:
Veritable tong dolce & gabbana vintage "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That coin is why I buy certified. I don't trust myself with coppers.
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Pillar of the Community
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According to the listing, it's not a "HALF" cent, it's a "HELF" cent.....He even calls it a "HELF" cent in his description. I think the engraver of the coin misspelled helf. lol
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United States
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Sold for $217. darn that's scary. I totally might have bid on that. Seller has 100% w/ over 100 feedbacks, and I don't see the difference between this & a real one. Puts a big damper on the hobby for anyone who is new & doesn't know this stuff.
Question: are "Good/VG" type coins (non-crazy-expensive) generally free from worry of counterfeits?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't see the difference between this & a real one. look at the ends of the wreath below ES in STATES. The first image is an 1800 Half Cent the second is the auction coin.   Edited by Conder101
04/03/2019 7:45 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I saw this auction when I listed an auction. I didn't even realize it was fake. I glanced at it and thought it was cleaned and dipped in something which removed its patina and had no interest in it over that. Some unlucky person just got taken. I hope there was a return policy and the buyer catches his error and returns it.......I just looked at the bidding activity....I buyer with a (2) rating with 4 bids in the month all with the same seller won.....The seller was upping the bid. and got his own coin HA!! The seller doesn't know it's a fake. Good news for all the buyers who lost this auction. Thank the seller for rigging it.
Edited by DoctorBurnzy
04/03/2019 8:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like the makers of that coin copied an 1804 C-6 Half Cent to make the dies and then changed the date to 1800. I think I remember seeing an 1803 counterfeit on another post copied from the same 1804 C-6. |
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You did. I identified the dies on the other thread. I suspected this was also the 04 C-6 reverse but the images were not good enough for me to determine if it was the same die used on the 03 fake or a different fake die from the same hub. Couldn't make out the die cracks
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