Take a look at some of these very nice cents this seller is offering. Note the S mintmark on each... Do each of them appear 'off' to you ? Nice coins, but I just don't like the appearance of the mintmarks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-S-Linc...99?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2a146c98f7
Lots of things look off. Check out the 9's on the one at this link, notice how the 2nd 9 is shorter than the 1st. Save the pic and enlarge it to see the difference better. http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/lincoln_cents/wheat_ear_cents/1909s_cent_lincoln.htm
All of the S mint Lincolns and the 1864 L (He doesn't mention the L) Indian are fakes. Find some slabbed versions of those coins in similar grades and compare. The S is wrong and even worse the whole overall "style" is wrong. Compare the hair details, the lettering is off, and the fields are even wrong. On the Indian the date style is horribly wrong, and I think the L is even in the wrong. Not the lack of relief in the feathers.
More than I am willing to spend to take a chance on it. I didn't like that mark. The other one at the seller's store looked better. But I think this is something I would want to buy graded.
The 1864 L is worth so much more than the 1864. That he doesn't even mention it, leads me to think he doesn't have much knowledge of IHC's and coins in general. All of his coins are AU with the same red color. Also suspicious. This and the opinions stated above lead me to suspect that they are all fakes.
Has anyone reported him to eBay? Someone probably should before the "lucky" winning bidder gets burned. Edited: We should all probably report this item, so eBay will take notice. His feedback shows many have already bought his stuff.
The other coins are gone, but that 09S doesn't look right to me either. The details are far too soft on the portrait for sure. I think Conder nailed it.
I agree, Thad. I reported it even though the auction is over. ebay will usually void the transaction if not too much time has elapsed. Lance.
Good work guys. I've been to busy to get into this, but did see that the 12S was up to $120'ish when I last looked. Gonna keep an eye out for this one's offerings. He's either selling some extremely hard to find high grade coins at super prices, or is putting out some tokens for big bucks.
