a deal on ebay ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Americas-Ra...74?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item258938d2fe

 

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Amazing and only on Ebay.

 

I went and read this sellers description better and dang if he didn't have this same coin listed more than once on ebay. I'm wondering what will happen now. check out this listing , it sold way cheaper on this one. personally I would not give a quarter for it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16121358398...l?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=161213583982&_rdc=1

 

I'm still not sure what he is supposedly selling. I haven't seen the dual listing bit before. Surely ebay has a rule - then again.......

I think a quarter is too much.

 

He acknowledged that with this statement:

This Coin is listed in a total of 4 categories in 2 different listings for the SAME COIN

Therefore, he merely sells the coin to the highest bidder between the two auctions, lol. There are so many things wrong with this seller's listing that I'm surprised eBay didn't pull it. The only thing sadder is the person who bid $180 on "America's Rarest Coin".

 

LOL

I can just picture the seller with greased back hair wearing crocodile shoes and belt. Major scum salesman. I can't say I blame him though if there are people stupid enough to pay $180!!

"America's rarest coin ever struck"

Yet the auction starts at 99 cents on eBay. LOL. Amazing.

 

lol... sad .. another con man

 

I saw a 1990 "closed AM" penny listed on eBay that sold for approximately $1200. This was about 2 months ago. The photos were blurry and the little that was visible looked like a regular beat up cent. And I mean beat up. Looked like it had been in a parking lot for a while. The seller, who if I remember correctly, went by the name playin-in-the-bay (or something like that) stated in the description that the coin was in "dukey" condition. Yes, dukey. Must of been 12 years old or something. I'm thinking it might of even been the infamous Timmy.

Now, I would imagine the winning bidder didn't just submit the money without wanting to see the coin in hand. Still the listing was pathetic and sad. I should of saved a screenshot of it. Did anyone else ever see it?

 

I have seen the playing-in-the-bay seller's auction listings many times and I agree with what you said . some of his listings are completely out of this world with his big stories from his wild imagination. It looks like the beat up junkers brings ten times more than the real mint errors , looks like the big hiped up stories the sellers can come up with is the trick to it.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-small-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Did anyone see this one? I contacted this guy just trying to help him out. I sent him a link showing the difference in the 1970-S small & large DATES and told him the correct weight was 3.11 grams, not "about 3.3". He told me I was crazy and that there were 1970-S small S coins being sold all over ebay. He also said the coin was highly magnetic and not possibly plated. He said it was minted in 100% nickel. For some reason though, he ended the listing. Then, told me it sold for $75, had 100 viewings, and 50 watchers. I don't guess he knew I could see the listing. In the end, he told me he had been collecting and selling on ebay for many years and my 2 years of error & variety studies made me a rookie. Does anyone think this is a "3.3 gram 1970-S small S cent struck on a 100% nickel planchet"? Crazy!

 

next the non-magnetic plating will come out on cents dated 1974-75, and with the hype surrounding that aluminum cent discovery piece go fishin fer suckers.

 

If it was a brass 63 that would be something, but it looks to be a 68, agreed?

 

It's hard to say for sure what the date is because of the corrosion. about everything the seller said in his auction was lies. he said this was a proof coin , the darn coin is so corroded and worn out it would be about impossible to tell what it was. and by the way the 1863 has a very high mintage number and the seller said his coin was the only one struck by this die. I have seen lots of corrupt sellers on ebay and I'm putting this one up near the top of my list.

 

His claim is that is was test planchet material.

 

probably in his warped mind every coin he finds in his pocket is test planchet material and much better than anyone else's coins. this may help him in the short term but will end up being his downfall.

 

Given his claimed weight it seems plausible to be brass, but the date is the issue. If a 63, he has something, if 68 it turns to poo. It would be like finding a Cu-Ni 64 Half from a test run (unknown). In this case there was supposedly a test run. If indeed it is brass it comes down to the date, agreed?

 

And look at the date. I am guessing this will end with a not as described refund.

 

so, the coin is a super rare pattern. How about ... it was a copper nickel cent dipped in acid and ended up dropping in weight.

 

OK. THE date. Opinions?

 

"America's rarest coin every struck..." And I'm selling it on ebay instead of consigning this ultra rarity to a proper auction house!