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United States
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Greetings fellow members and glad tidings of the season to you all. Boring Sunday awaiting the NFL playoff game and I stumbled on this perusing ebay. Im not entirely sure if ill be using the buy it now feature but I thought we'd all find it interesting. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...150318912607 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
615 Posts |
Its a New England shilling. Most likely fake, and if he does not know what it is, then why is the price set so high?
My red flags are going off.
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Member
 United States
917 Posts |
Ahhh.. ok , I didnt think it was a coin at all.I wondered about the XII , itll be 12 pennys = shilling Thanks Dude  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
 Their little story makes it seem so.... innocent.  "I found this old metal thingy...oh what could it be?"  Dunno, but let's price it at $15K BIN. Here I might as well post a real one from Heritage  |
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Member
United States
917 Posts |
It must be one of the easiest coins ever to fake ? This ones noticable in that your pic KurtS shows the sweeping N going under the E as does every other pic ive looked at of a genuine one.
Noticable too is the story is unstable as any house built near sand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It must be one of the easiest coins ever to fake ?  no doubt--which makes verification all the more critical, particuarly since the coin above went for $373,750. It's a familiar yarn: someone "finds" a coin in an attic or buried somewhere that evokes the imagination: a Florida beach, a civil war battleground, or a ghost town. Feigning ignorance, yet the seller suspects its valuable, pricing it low enough to entice somebody to think they've struck it rich. This is a classic "gold brick" confidence trick, and ebay is rife with these, which might suggest something about their venue (imo). |
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SPAMMER
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went for $373,750........
Wow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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went for $373,750........ I see no bids. Where are you getting this number? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I think petty theft is under 500.00 and a felony is 500.00 and over? Maybe he should settle for a opener of 499.99?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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went for $373,750........ Numbers from another auction? Is that really the price for that coin? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
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Numbers from another auction? Yes, sold by Heritage last January:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1424 Posts |
the seller can't even get the story straight....the title says it was found while metal detecting but the item description says it was found while building a house......FAKE!
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Posted 01/04/2009 4:19 pm
