1909-S VDB Bidiot Magnet

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by HandsomeToad, May 8, 2009.

  1. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Nothing new, most of the key dates sold on ebay are counterfeit. Yes, it's disgusting, but until people learn the hard way there's no teaching them.

    Myself, I would never buy ANY high dollar coin from ebay unless the seller was absolutely to be trusted....and there's not many that can. There's enough places such as shops and shows to find high dollar coins that buying them on ebay is completely unnecessary.
     
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  3. spock1k

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  4. dermeat1

    dermeat1 Junior Member

    ok i buy and sell on ebay all the time and I had no idea of fakes on VDB "S" penny besides the obvious copy ones. I will read this whole thread in a bit but i had to say i would have been the 1st to accidently buy a fake one of these. that first listing besides the 0 feed back and being in china if it was listed in america w/ a seller w/ a little bit of feedback i would have bid on that exact pictured coin. besides the obvious china location and no feedback what is it about that coin that gives it away that its fake?
     
  5. bobbeth87

    bobbeth87 Coin Collector

    It looks like this item was removed by Ebay.

    That is good news....
     
  6. jessash1976

    jessash1976 Coin knowledgeable

    Thanks to me

    :hail:
     
  7. bobbeth87

    bobbeth87 Coin Collector

    what did you do? do tell
     
  8. jessash1976

    jessash1976 Coin knowledgeable

    After reading the start of this thread, I did check out the coin.(which was obviously fake). I checked out the bid an it was at $408 at the time. I just couldn't let that crap happen. A lot of people are getting ripped off by these Chinese Rip-off artists all the time. So, I contacted the E-Bay Security team and told them what was happening. They wanted to know what the difference was in the mintmarks and how to detect them. I was more than happy to inform them. I may have been motivated by the fact that my site was hacked into last month, but still it is wrong.:cool:
     
  9. bobbeth87

    bobbeth87 Coin Collector

    Great job!!!!
     
  10. hontonai

    hontonai Registered Contrarian

    What did you blackmail them with to make them pay attention?
     
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