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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 07-08-2008, 10:51 PM   #1 (permalink) earlyrarecoins Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 71 Ebay 1864-S Seated Dollar Counterfeit, bid up to $50 http://cgi.ebay.com/1864-S-SEATED-LI...QQcmdZViewItem Auction is for an 1864-S Seated Dollar, which does not even exist. Yet numerous people have made bids, and I bet this ends up at $100-$200 at least. If not for the S mintmark, the counterfeit can be easily detected by the shape of the numbers in the date. They look thin, and are not comparable to any genuine seated dollar. __________________ Early Rare Coins Specializing in Bust, Seated, and Barber material.   07-09-2008, 12:42 AM   #2 (permalink) enahs Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 4 Funny, the guys English stinks and there are no returns.   07-09-2008, 01:00 AM   #3 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: The seller's info says he is Massachusetts but by the way he writes I would have guessed China. Quote: HI.I HAVE 1864 S LIBERTY .I DONT KNOW BUT ON THE COIN DONT SAY ANYTHING .......YOU CAN LOOK THE PIC .....IF YOU ARE KNOW COME IN TO BID .....START BID .99 ,DONT CARE HOW MUCH I JUST SELL IT.ANYWAY NO RETURN ANY.....THANKS This is such an obvious fake that I can't understand how anyone can be fooled. This is an example where a Red Book pays for itself many, many times over. 1864-S indeed. __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   07-09-2008, 01:16 AM   #4 (permalink) TheOracle Member     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 83 All I can say is... wow! __________________ I'm not really "The Oracle", I only play one on the internet. WINS#734 ANA#3145682   07-09-2008, 10:15 AM   #5 (permalink) bqcoins You get what you pay for.     Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska/Iowa Posts: 4,766 My Mood: wow, I'm amazed that people bid on this stuff. __________________ BQ Sometime Numismatic Consultant See my Bust Halves here: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid See my Holey coins here:http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid   07-09-2008, 12:09 PM   #6 (permalink) vipergts2 Jester in hobby of kings     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,386 My Mood: Unless someone is bidding because it is a fake I don't feel sorry for someone that gets taken this easily. 5 minutes of research would show it is not real. __________________ _____________________________________________ corn cam ( Great Iowa passtime) "Life is to short for bad wine" Viper   07-09-2008, 12:43 PM   #7 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 "HI.I HAVE 1864 S LIBERTY .I DONT KNOW BUT ON THE COIN DONT SAY ANYTHING .......YOU CAN LOOK THE PIC .....IF YOU ARE KNOW COME IN TO BID .....START BID .99 ,DONT CARE HOW MUCH I JUST SELL IT.ANYWAY NO RETURN ANY.....THANKS " Playing dumb? Or truly dumb? __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   07-09-2008, 02:08 PM   #8 (permalink) Aslanmia Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 963 Quote: Originally Posted by Treashunt Playing dumb? Or truly dumb? Maybe he's another Forrest Gump. Only without all the dumb luck and talent...   07-09-2008, 02:31 PM   #9 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,537 My Mood: Quote: IF YOU ARE KNOW COME IN TO BID Well, he is smarter than I. He at least thinks he knows what that says and I do not have a clue.   07-09-2008, 03:23 PM   #10 (permalink) coleguy Coin Collector     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,097 My Mood: Quote: This is such an obvious fake that I can't understand how anyone can be fooled Thats what I was thinking. Thats a horrible fake. It makes me wonder what else these people are out there buying. Guy~   07-09-2008, 03:50 PM   #11 (permalink) earlyrarecoins Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 71 Won for $124. I'm surprised this auction wasn't pulled. __________________ Early Rare Coins Specializing in Bust, Seated, and Barber material.   07-09-2008, 03:53 PM   #12 (permalink) TheOracle Member     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 83 I reported it, but eBay just does not look into these reports I guess. Is it against eBay rules to email the buyer? __________________ I'm not really "The Oracle", I only play one on the internet. WINS#734 ANA#3145682   07-09-2008, 03:56 PM   #13 (permalink) earlyrarecoins Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Niagara Falls, NY Posts: 71 I believe it is against ebay policy to contact anyone you are not directly involved in a transaction with. But there's a 50/50 chance someone will email the winner and tell him that the coin is counterfeit. __________________ Early Rare Coins Specializing in Bust, Seated, and Barber material.   07-09-2008, 04:12 PM   #14 (permalink) rlm's cents Numismatist     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,537 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by TheOracle I reported it, but eBay just does not look into these reports I guess. Is it against eBay rules to email the buyer? Oh! Yes! They look into such thing, but if you read the message as you send it, they say it takes 24 - 48 hours for their reaction. In this case, they are going to report it to another group who will take some more time. They will move, it just takes time.   07-09-2008, 09:25 PM   #15 (permalink) mralexanderb Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,964 My Mood: The winner just wanted to fill a hole in his album. Or, it'll be up for auction in a few weeks or so. Bruce __________________ This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.   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. 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