So I was on ebay a couple of nights ago and bought this 1942-d because I thought I saw something underneath the 2 in the date. I know I'm taking a gamble bc the BIN price was ridiculous ($9+$3S/H). I ask your guys help in this and help me understand what I'm seeing here... Auction picture (Picture is zoomable): And now these are the pictures I got using my ultra-cheapo Chinese usb scope: I'll draw this up to a relatively cheap education if it proves to be nothing, which I'm 75% sure it is. But then again, there's a reason I gambled, I'm still seeing "something" What do you all see? Thanks!
looks like you scored to me but I am no expert. Hope you're right about the overdate. I'm sure one of our more knowledgable members will speak up shortly
Thanks for the input so far. I'm pessimistic about my prospects. With that mindset, I'll be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be the real deal.
The trailing die/deteriorated die variation of what you have is relatively common. Unfortunately it's not the overdate, keep hunting though! They are out there.
Thanks for definitive word kookoox10. So I bought a harshly cleaned mercury dime in vf condition with $2.09 silver value for $12.45. I won't make that mistake again, that's for sure.
You could return it and get the $9 back, and then go buy a similar one from your coin shop or wherever for under $3
Eh, not worth the hassle. The seller didn't misrepresent the coin, although the pictures were juiced. The coin flip it was mailed in had BU written on it though, but no claims were made about condition in the auction listing. Just a seller looking for a bite on a high BIN IMO. I bit, but not for a vf mercury dime (I have plenty of those). I bit trying to cherrypick.
So.... had this been the hoped for variety, and if the seller somehow later learned of the would-be value, should they be able to request a return? After all, fair is fair and this is basically the same as trying for a pick but returning if it's not a score. Kudos to the OP for playing the game as it should be; better luck next time.
And if the seller listed it with a return policy, should the seller still be able to refuse returns? I think the OP's doing the right thing in this case, but if a seller lists items with a return policy of "14 days money back, buyer pays return shipping", and the buyer ships it back postpaid, that seller had darn well better issue a refund. Don't like it? Don't offer a return policy, and deal with the loss of bidders and eBay perks that that decision entails. Not to be confused with fake SNAD or other buyer dishonesty, of course.
There is nothing wrong with returning the coin. If the coin is returned, the $3 shipping fee the seller gets to keep, and it doesn't cost that much to ship a coin. Also, if the seller didn't want to accept returns, they could have easily listed the coin that way. I've returned several coins that had been juiced, and I don't feel bad about it at all.
So, being an ebay gambler yourself, do you seriously think it fair to knowingly and intentionally gamble, to keep only what is good for you, and return anything that does not personally benefit you? I did not say anything AGAINST generally accepting returns, so why respond as if I did? First, you know as well as I that "no returns" is meaningless. Second, returning because of juiced photos or some other description issue is totally different than doing so because you tried to pick and did not score. While generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with returning a coin, there is when you just want to have your cake and eat it too.
