1943 copper penny

I was searching ebay when i stumbled upon this. Could it be real?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1943-COPPER-PENNY-CENT-GENUINE-WHEAT_W0QQitemZ130036452934QQihZ003QQcategoryZ39457QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

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No. The 3 has been altered. Its shape isn't quite right and it's too far away from the 4...Looks like maybe an altered 1948 penny...

 

that person should be bared from ebay! what a manipulative piece of :stooge:

 

That is exactly what I was thinking

 

43-8

In the darker pic the 3 has a distinct shape of an 8, and like sandler said it is to far from the 4.

 

bids

And the bid is up to $100 for a coin worth 1 or 2 cents!:headbang: At least he put the question mark in his listing so he is not claiming outright that is authentic. I also noticed most of the bidders have very few transactions. Could be a hard lesson for a beginner.

 

The only thing that is missing here is that he hasn't made the bidder IDs private...which could indicate that he honestly doesn't know that it's fake, even though the description kind of hints at it. I just sent him this message:

[FONT=Arial, Verdana]This is not a 1943 copper penny. It's been altered in some way; not necessarily by you, but maybe by someone who had it before you. The shape of the 3 isn't right, and it's too far away from the 4. This was probably a 1948 penny until someone rubbed off part of the 8. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but leaving this penny up for sale even after you know that it's fake is VERY dishonest.

And this is how he responded:

[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Verdana]i dont know that its fake its very possible that that is what happened im not a hundred percent sure thats why its on there as is it does appear to me that it could possibly be a 1943 odds are it isnt but thats why im not guaranteeing it real or authentic but thanks for the info[/FONT]

 

http://cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=1484

Does the coin pass these tests? If you're not sure it will, don't bid!

 

V.D.B.....does it matter? It's obviously fake....

 

I just sent him an email asking him to please pull the auction because it didn't look to be real---I told him that it would also make more "cents" to pull it anyway because if it was real and he could prove it the coin would be worth alot more.

Speedy

 

It's fake for sure, If he had any doubt at all it wasn't fake, it would surely be on its way to a TPG, not on ebay for a hundred bucks.
I have 1 of each, found in lot searches, a cu plated steel, and an altered 48. Sure would be nice to find a real one though.

 

lol....good luck with that skm....=p

 

I sent him a note and got a hard-headed rude email back---so I re-ported it to ebay.

Speedy

 

how do you go about reporting this guy to ebay for selling a counterfeit coin?

 

Perfect, thanks

 

This is just another reason why everyone should research everything they plan on bidding on on ebay.
The biggest red flag telling people that he knows that this coin was not real was in his description, when he spell it out " the sale will be final no return". Rule #1 when bidding on ebay: When a seller refuses to take back an item, don't bid on the Item. Rule # 2: if it's too good too be true, then it is.

 

Come on guys---report it to ebay!---the more that do it maybe Ebay will get the point!

Speedy

 

I do report bull like this and some times ebay will pull the item but most of the time the auction ends before they can do anything and then it is up too the bidder too file a complaint.

 

Would it be illegal to e-mail the bidder? definately 48 wheatie. what a fraud.....uh mistake