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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 02-19-2008, 08:25 AM   #1 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 Opportunity of a Lifetime? This poor little person is liquidating his grandfather's coin collection and is selling an 1804 silver dollar. He doesn't know if it is real or not, but he is selling it on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/1804-drap-bust-d...QQcmdZViewItem By the way, if you need one, he also has an 1885 Trade dollar. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   02-19-2008, 08:58 AM   #2 (permalink) bigjohn Senior Member     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: cincinnati,ohio Posts: 158 That 1804 looks to be the ever so unique plain edge restrike __________________ MORGAN MAN   02-19-2008, 09:05 AM   #3 (permalink) Wetspants Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 48 Man, I gotta bid on that. lol This guys knows hes selling a fake. No one is that stupid.   02-19-2008, 09:07 AM   #4 (permalink) Wetspants Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 48 He seems to know that the 5 pesos is real. lol SCAMMER   02-19-2008, 09:10 AM   #5 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,747 Good pics. Look legit to me. NOT!!!! __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   02-19-2008, 09:16 AM   #6 (permalink) bigjohn Senior Member     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: cincinnati,ohio Posts: 158 (hehehehe i've suckered them into bidding on the 1804 now is my chance to steal the 1885 let me get my card out of my ................ __________________ MORGAN MAN   02-19-2008, 09:21 AM   #7 (permalink) Wetspants Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 48 That trade dollar is fake too. The seller knows it. look who he state I dont know if its real or not, but hes sure the peso is, lol CONARTIST.   02-19-2008, 09:46 AM   #8 (permalink) eddiespin Fast Eddie     Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,128 I could have done better on the photographs with my Brownie Starmite II. These look like the ones you see of the Loch Ness Monster. But the coin must be authentic, Frank, because, as he says, it doesn't say replica or copy on it. I mean, that's a dead giveaway.   02-19-2008, 10:25 AM   #9 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 eddie: Ya know, I missed that! So, let all bid it up. Who knows we may just get a genuine 1804 $ for under $100 and then we can resell it for a cool million, or better! __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   02-19-2008, 11:21 AM   #10 (permalink) Oldman Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 604 Quote: Originally Posted by Treashunt eddie: Ya know, I missed that! So, let all bid it up. Who knows we may just get a genuine 1804 $ for under $100 and then we can resell it for a cool million, or better! lol I saw one on ebay about a year ago just like this. I was thinking to my self that same statement. If it was only real. I could makea cool mil. Knowing of course, there was just no way it was real. I watched the item for a few days and then ebay yanked it.   02-19-2008, 11:45 AM   #11 (permalink) Philly Dog Coin Collector   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey Posts: 1,124 Do you think the Pokemon cards he is also selling were his grandfathers?   02-19-2008, 01:34 PM   #12 (permalink) 900fine doggone it people like me     Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,806 My Mood: FINALLY ! I can fill those holes in my Whitman... lessee now... 1804 dollar ... check... 1885 Trade ... check... GottaBidGottaBidGottaBidGottaBidGottaBid   02-19-2008, 01:49 PM   #13 (permalink) Wetspants Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 48 OH OH .. look the coin was Cancelled by fleabay. lol Good !   02-19-2008, 11:52 PM   #14 (permalink) Phoenix21 *The King Of Jokes*     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PA Posts: 8,846 My Mood: Man, I missed this one too. Oh well, atleast no one got taken. Good job guys, once again. Phoenix __________________ The Phoenix Ancient Collection   02-20-2008, 12:01 AM   #15 (permalink) dreamer94 Coin Collector     Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,429 You guys are brutal. You find these interesting auctions, but by the time I go to look at them to share in the fun, they're gone.   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Guess The grade 1916 Merc | Hooray!!! 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