Is This For Real

Item number: 160177911711

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Is this for real? This auction screams the word scam. A 1984 Lincoln cent that looks very normal to me for a starting bid of $100,000.00. Its a total joke. Whats worse is, there is already one bidder. This seller has one thing right in his description of the coin....he absolutely knows nothing about coins.

 

I've never read of a coin struck this many time's. Machine Doubling would be my guess but I couldn't tell by the picture's. Scam
The coin is about 2 hrs from me.


Rhubarb

 

Heres the link to this auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160177911711&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D160177911711%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1

 

It looks like a normal coin to me.. If not, then I have some 1984 coins that look like that also..

 

Oh My God!!!!! You wont believe it!!! Currently 23 Bids on this thing!!!! Its up to, are you sitting down? $444,544.44. What the @@@@ is this? Which one of us here is going to bid 1 million. C'mon guys, somebody has to do it...lol


EDIT: Update.....as of 8:25 est the bids are up to over $500,000. Its mostly all the same bidder running the price up. y***r is the bidders ID. Something doesnt smell right.

 

It's over 700,00 now. Does anyone have any spare change I can borrow?


Rhubarb

 

I'll wire you the money tomorrow.:hail:

 

$750,000 with 52 bids - by only 2 bidders!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

I started a thread aboout this coin earlier today.

http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=30247

Amazing isn't it? We both spotted a piece of garbage that people are actually bidding high dollar on.

Now, with the price and hidden identities I wonder how many (if not all of these) are shill bidders?

What's the highest a Lincoln Cent has ever gone for period?!

 

Amazing!

Only two bidders and both wirh feeback of under 500 but apparently with millions to spend.

Sniff, Sniff - I'm really starting to smell something here.

 

uhhh...wow !!

 

Maybe I'm going blind, but I just don't see any evidence of multiple strikes at all. Am I missing something?

 

Yeah. Liquor.

 

I've questioned the seller about this. Let's see if I get a response.

 

Yeahh......it's the smell of sh-sh-shilllll

 

Wait 'til the seller gets his completed auction fees :mouth:

 

Wait, wait...if you put your loupe up to the screen and blink really fast :goofer:

 

Very screwy! When I looked at the auction earlier this evening, there were 52 bids with the current bid being $750,000.00. Now the same auction has zero bids. How could this even happen?

 

All bid were canceled.