Dumbest eBay sale of all time?

1864 Two Cent piece.

Found at Gettysburg?
nah: Red River Campaign Trans-Mississippi Relic



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=150313747047


Winning bid: US $76.00


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Ended: Dec-09-08 08:55:54 PST
History: 58 bids
Winning bidder: 0***3( 35)

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I have a beautiful bridge for sale, excellent location, large city nearby, boro of Brooklyn.

Make serious offers only.

or: just buy this coin.

 

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I do not see what is so dumb about the auction, but what are the bidders thinking? 58 bids mostly by 2 bidders and the last 5 were by the same bidder. I think he wanted it.

 

no, I am sorry to mis-speak.

I truly meant the buyers, not the sellers.

I have about five or so of these in similar dug condition and would be happy to get a couple of bucks each.
But $76.00!!!!!!

I would have thought that I had died and gone to heaven!

 

The joy of ebay.

 

The winner of the coin may also be a Civil War collector and since the coin was found at a Civil War battle site, it may hold a special meaning to the person who won the coin. It's one possible answer.

 

yup, agreed.

And mine are all from Gettysburg!

[okay, prove that I am not telling the truth!
nice idea tho, one way to sell them.]

 

How much for the bridge Frank?

Do you accept paypal?

 

Dear eBay Bidder:

Thank you for your interest in my bridge.
As you may know, this is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the US, and spans 5989 feet.

There is plenty of room for you to install your own toll booths that will provide plenty of cash for future purchases on eBay.

Please provide you eBay Paypal account # and password, in addition to your address, social security # and home phone #.

If you wish home delivery there is a slight additional charge.

Thanks for the interest.

 

Stop, you killing me lol :mouth:

 

The green "patina" adds alot also.

Any thing is possible, but if the seller is insinuating that the coin was lost during the battle, the coin would have had to travel fairly fast to be minted early in '64 and make it to the battlefield by May 18 of the same year.

 

Relic hunters ....hmmmm.

http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/illegal_relic.htm

 

Autoship!

 

That must be it, or next day air.

 

It is jerks like that that ruin the hobby of metal detecting for the rest of us.

 

From an archaeological standpoint, an important way of dating a particular stratum was lost as soon as it was removed from the ground.

 

ah, geeze.

This is what we hear constantly.

How important is an 1864 two cent piece?

Or, how about that self appointed 'important' archaeologist from Florida who wanted all metal detecting banned 'cause even zinc cents are archaeological treasures? (Judith Someboy).

The mere fact that a zinc cent in the ground corrodes and will be gone in about five years or less was not important.

as far as dating the stratum:
hint: after 1864.

 

Dear Mr. Treasurehunt,

My name is Mogabu Hobo, Treasurer of the Central Bank of Nigeria. I have the honor to oversee the account of the late General Sani Abacha who tragically died in a hot air balloon accident in 2007 along with his entire family and all known heirs. We would like to use the funds in this account to buy real estate in the United States and have been advised you wish to sell a bridge. We can offer $31,000,000 US for your bridge.

Please reply to this message and provide the following information: the bank account number and routing number where you wish the $31,000,000 US to be deposited, your Social Security number, your password to your CoinTalk account. For your trouble we will also include $6,200,000 US as a finder's fee. The $37,200,000 US will be transferred to your account at the earliest convenience. As a token of your honorable intentions please send to us by cash or money order (no PayPal or credit card) $10,000 US plus one PCGS 1909-S VDB Red Lincoln Cent. These funds and the coin will be returned to you upon successful conpletion of the transaction.

I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and "Top Secret". I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude involving a pending transaction requiring maximum confidence.

Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence the transfer of the $37,200,000 US not later than seven (7) banking days from the date of receipt of the requestion information, funds and coin.

We are looking forward to doing business with you and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Mogabu Hobo

 

I hope it wasn't a national historical site. It would be illegal to remove it from the site.

 

So you're saying that the guys who were caught digging at Gettysburg are jerks who are ruining the hobby ... ? Yet you proudly claim to have relics from Gettysburg. Where does that put you on the Saint-to-Jerk scale?

In general, detectors are pretty concienscious about where they dig but there are plenty who feel it's their right to go anywhere they want and do whatever they want - private property, parklands, cemeteries, restricted public property, etc. Those guys who were caught deserve everything they got (from the law). I'm interested to hear your justification for posessing items from Gettysburg.

 

WOW!!!

I'm sitting on a lot more money than I thought. Still can't believe I was outbid though!