Scam alert hahahahhaahhaahha

My tip-off to a dubious listing is the long string of +'s, especially if copied from a coin flip (your example #2) - they must think that '+' denotes extra quality, so 'MS+++++' on the flip deserves a 'MS++++++' on the listing title
The same goes for eBay feedbacks - if A+ is excellent, A++++++++++++ must be even better

 

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Not in the image you posted. It says over an over again 100, but it never says 100 dollars. So there is no real denomination on them

 

Unquestionably, there are many people who have more money than mental acuity, and this is true over a large age and life experience span. Even so, I still see many here who pay over bullion value for "tokens" , "art silver reproductions of real coins", coins with signed by machine prestige labels, "First Issue, Blessed by religious figure, kissed by a politician, hand poured silver bars, etc." as if any have value beyond the bullion as they can make as many as they wish. And it is not just beginners that fall for this, many others do so also and some have the idea , knowing it is risky, of the Barnum law, of always there is a greater fool. I have no problems if people pay overage for an item if it has emotional meaning of more value than the money, but there are too many who think this is investing financially rather than emotionally.
Jim

 

Yeah, I noticed that after I posted the picture. Their website calls them State Silver $100 Bills. That's probably what got me going on the $100.

 

Of the 1100 1928 Peace dollars for sale on Ebay, some are going to be S mints and some are going to be 1923's.

 

I am especially annoyed with Peace Dollar sets that scream "AU++/ GEM BU" in their title and, if you look at the pictures (if, in fact, you can make out ANY details) there's probably only one or two that come close to even AU. I had the 'audacity' to ask one of these sellers which of the set's dates are "GEM BU", and he replied that he was not a professional 'grader', so he can't help me. We know Ebay will not do anything to 'police' such scam activity ("we're only a 'venue' and don't control our sellers advertising"), but can't the FTC step in, or the Commerce Department?

 

On what grounds? There are no truly "official" grading standards, and no official agency that regulates coin grading. It is all subjective. So you can call a coin any grade you like and ask any price you want. If a customer doesn't agree there is no one holding a gun to his head making him buy it.

 

I pray that silver soars to $100 an ounce or more in the next few years. It would be poetic justice for scammers like these.