Actually, I got the guy's phone number from EBay and tried calling but found it was an non-working number. So I called EBay and they said that is...
It's definitely the same coin - it's got all the same nicks and scratches. The coloring looks different in your pics vs the EBay pics - could be...
I probably wouldn't have figured this out 10yrs ago. Wouldn't have had any photos to compare it to. And honestly, I think it's easier to look at...
Looks XF45 to me... good price would be $160... but if it turns out to be AU50, it's worth ~$200-210...
I heard back from the seller. He is very sorry and did not know the coin was fake. My money has been refunded in my PayPal account. Case closed.
I decided to look at a few more authenticated 1902 coins since I thought it might be possible for slight variations due to different dies being...
Look at the crops of the dates I posted below. The top one is an authentic PCGS53, the bottom the EBay coin:
But see. It only took you 10 minutes to reply to the last post. Not 21 hours!
No phone number for the seller I bet you wouldn't find it inconsiderate if it was your $283. I get about 200 e-mails a day and I pick every one...
I'm sure I'll get my money back. It's just a hassle. In the meantime, I can't leave negative feedback, so the seller still has a stellar...
Funny how EBAY will take your money in a split second, but when you want to get your money back and the seller won't respond, you get this:...
Here's another coin sold by the same seller on EBAY which looks to be another altered Key Date Barber. Look at the 9 and the 2 in the date:...
Looks like your coin is from the same seller who sold me this fake: http://www.cointalk.com/t84113/
What's the difference between altered date and counterfeit? Is it simply that the coin is real, but the date has been messed with?
How many percent do you knock off for COUNTERFEIT? 99%?
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