Crazy Ebay Listing, What Are Your Thoughts?

I hope whoever buys it actually receives it. The coins look good. I've never seen a coin set like that before though. strange.

When the buyer receives the coins I am sure their feedack will say it all.
The coins look very nice, but I wouldn't buy it on ebay. Too risky for me.

It's weirdly similar to this listing. If the over-date is real and really in uncirculated condition, it would be worth it, but it's been re-listed several times with no bids, and no returns are accepted. I mean, if you win, then you send the coin to a TPG to be authenticated, and it turns out to actually be a 2010 Chinese Mercury Dyme, are you still protected by eBay/Paypal?

scubu, Paypal won't protect you if you buy the pennys and send the guy money and he then withdraws the money from his Paypal account. Even if you win a Paypal dispute, they have to remove the funds from the guys Paypal account and if the money ain't there, you won't get anything back.

captain, I would almost be willing to take a chance with that guy, since he seems to have 231 genuine feedback, some from very expensive items. Maybe do a google search for that site which allows you to view "real" feedback from a seller, even the stuff they've had removed from the record and as long as no red flags so up for this guy, i'd say his feedback speaks for itself.

That guy with the pennys has 0 feedback. I won't even sell to someone with 0 feedback, let alone send them thousands of my hard earned dollars, hoping they send me something in return.

A note to all new ebay'ers. Start off with some small purchases to get some positive feedback going before you try to sell something or make a substantial purchase.

Based on the provided photo, I have no doubt that it is genuine. The 1942/1 Merc is not a true overdate, it is actually a Class III doubled die(design hub doubling) as are all 20th century "overdates". Since it is a doubled die, there are more indicators than just the "1". Look carefully at the "4"- it is fatter than normal with clear notching on the lower right corner.

IMO, the main problem with that Merc short set is that there is a nice close-up of the date but the rest of the coin is not shown. Yes, it is a genuine 1942/1 but what grade and what condition? All the other coins are essentially spot value throw-ins but the 42/1 needs to be at least an undamaged AU-55 to break even. There is no way to see if it is that grade and if it ended being only AU-50, it is only a $1000 coin.

Not to mention those who use so called "stock" photos that will be a representation of what you will receive. See photo for condition! lol

They roll around in these cases over time. You'd have to take it apart to fix it. So, less suspicious to me. I would have tried real hard to make them look nice if I was faking it.

^ Agreed.