Click this link and tell me what you think of this post! http://www.ebay.com/itm/ESTATE-SALE...b4793ff&pid=100010&rk=5&rkt=6&sd=271843750460 It's selling for $50 I don't believe this is real because, look at the pictures, there are double eagle gold coins in those pictures! Also, read the description, they say it is a guarantee that you will get... * THE GUARANTEES * · AT LEAST 30+ PRE-1964 U.S. COINS IN EVERY LOT (ONLY .999 FINE GOLD, SILVER BULLION, 90% SILVER AND PRE-1964 U.S. COINS HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO 40% SILVER OR JUNK COINS WILL BE INCLUDED! THESE ARE ALL QUALITY PIECES OF INVESTMENT WORTHY GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER WITH BOTH NUMISMATIC AND BULLION VALUE – GUARANTEED!) ·AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT PRECIOUS METALS IN EVERY LOT (EACH AND EVERY BAG WILL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRECIOUS METALS! THAT MEANS WITH EVERY LOT PURCHASED, YOU’RE GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE, REAL GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER…NOT ONE OR THE OTHER LIKE OTHER SELLERS OFFER!) · AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF CERTIFIED .999 FINE 24K GOLD (REST ASSURED THAT EVERY LOT WILL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF REAL CERTIFIED 24K GOLD, AND THERE’S NO VIALS OF GOLD FLAKES OR DUST …ONLY 100% AUTHENTIC .999 FINE 24K GOLD COINS, BARS AND BULLION PIECES HERE.) ·AT LEAST FIVE PRE-1964 U.S. SILVER COINS (FROM SILVER DIMES TO SILVER DOLLARS, THESE RARE 90% SILVER COINS ARE ONLY GETTING MORE AND MORE SCARCE, AND WE GUARANTEE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT DECADES WILL BE PRESENT HERE. JUST AS WELL, THERE IS GUARANTEED TO BE NUMISMATIC VALUE IN ADDITION TO THE BULLION VALUE IN EACH AND EVERY BAG!) ·AT LEAST ONE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED PRE-1964 U.S. SILVER COIN (YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT! WE’LL ENSURE THAT EACH LOT INCLUDES ONE OLD U.S. UNCIRCULATED SILVER COIN THAT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL MINT LUSTER AND IS AT LEAST 50+ YEARS OLD TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!) · AT LEAST ONE RARE .999 FINE VALCAMBI SILVER BAR (FROM ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED PRECIOUS METAL REFINERIES IN THE WORLD! NO TINY PLATED BARS LIKE OTHER SELLERS OFFER...ONLY SOLID .999 FINE SILVER BARS! ABSOLUTELY NO SMALL SILVER GRAINS, FLAKES OR NUGGETS!) · AT LEAST TWO 100+ YEAR OLD U.S. SILVER BARBER COINS (FEATURING THE ICONIC LADY LIBERTY DESIGN, THESE COINS ARE ALL 100+ YEARS OLD, GUARANTEED TO BE SILVER AND HAVE FULLY READABLE DATES! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY!) · AT LEAST ONE 50+ YEAR OLD U.S. SILVER HALF DOLLAR (NO CLAD, NO 40% SILVER PIECES AND ABSOLUTELY NO KENNEDY HALVES HERE. ONLY REAL, COLLECTIBLE UNITED STATES MINTED OLD SILVER HALF DOLLARS THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR COLLECTION WILL BE INCLUDED!) · AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS OF OLD U.S. SILVER COINS (NOT ALL DIMES LIKE OTHER SELLERS OFFER. WE GUARANTEE A TOTAL OF AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS IN EVERY LOT…AND THEY WILL ALL BE 50+ YEARS OLD – GUARANTEED!) · AT LEAST TWENTY MIXED 50+ YEAR OLD UNITED STATES COINS (THESE COINS WILL BE PULLED AT RANDOM FROM THE MASSIVE PILE FEATURED ABOVE AND INCLUDED ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ALREADY LISTED! EACH LOT IS SURE TO BE A GUARANTEED TREASURE HUNT FOR EACH AND EVERY BUYER!) · AT LEAST ONE CANVAS BAG (EACH AND EVERY LOT WILL COME IN ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL CLOTH CANVAS BAG FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE! A GREAT WAY TO STORE THIS WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION!)
At some point, you will have read enough to realize that these aren't going to be automatically winning lottery tickets. (I'm not being a jerk, just saying that eventually your scam meter will go off on its own.) Do you think the seller went to all that trouble to sell you a genuine double eagle for $50? EXAMPLE for the first "guarantee" - *At least 30 pre-1964 coins in every lot. 30 circulated 1963 D Lincoln cents worth $.30 total. Done, and this checks off one of the "guaranteed precious metal" line items, because the seller considers copper a precious metal (which, technically, I suppose it might be. And I'm sure some people are hoarding it in hopes that it will yield a huge payday. But if you can get copper cents from the bank for face value, are they a selling point for this lot? No.)
Better hurry. The same seller has this auction ending this evening. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ESTATE-SALE...857434?hash=item2ef949c6da:g:2TcAAOSw6DtYUvr1 Somebody is going to get rich or so they would believe.....
True, while it sounds like you could end up rich, look at all he includes specifically. The seller has a huge role in choosing the coins. He is going to make sure that he can make money. Now if it was just a big bucket and he was just doing random grabs, you would have a chance, but it would be like the lottery in that it is very rare to hit the jackpot.
Check their feedback; some of the messages describe what the lots contained. "Gold foil banknotes" might contain a couple of dollars' worth of gold, but not necessarily. A ".999 fine gold bar" will almost surely be a 1 grain bar, containing about $2.50 worth of gold. ".999 fine silver bars" may be more generous 1-gram bars, each containing upwards of 50 cents worth of silver. Remember also that all those categories listed in the description overlap, so those Barber coins also count against the "different denominations", "pre-1964 silver coins", and so on. By the way, did you notice that they call out "50+ year old US coins" separately, even though they've already said all the US coins are from 1964 or earlier? They might just be bad at math, or they might have been using this same ad copy for many years, while somehow managing not to go bankrupt selling "so much" for "so little". To finish up @stldanceartist's summary, here's what you're likely to get: 1 canvas bag (value: ???) 1 worn Franklin half ($6) 2 slick Barber dimes ($2.40) 1 1964 quarter ($3) 1 BU 1964 Roosevelt dime ($1.20) 1 1-gram Valcambi silver bar (60 cents) 1 1-grain .999 gold bar ($2.40) ...and 25 Wheat or early Lincoln Memorial cents (50 cents - $1) The whole lot could be worth less than $20. When I started looking for coins on eBay, I was intrigued by these lots as well. Fortunately, I didn't go for any of them. Offers like this one are ALWAYS stacked in favor of the seller.
Even then I don't think there'd be any chance. Anyone who knows coins if they're selling 50 dollar lots and pull out a gold one will just set it aside and reach into the bucket again.
I've looked at these too every so often but haven't ventured to buy one as I know they are profiting and it just didn't make sense. Why "give" away obvious gold and high value items when one could just sell them separately.
If it's too good to be true, then it likely is. On-line "estate sales" are typically hazardous to one's wallet.
