Rare US Nickel

LOL, nice.

 

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one of the better lines I have seen this week LOL

 

That's funny, seller has been offered $3500 but only set BIN for $800....

 

if the melt value of a nickel is close to $3500, I am sitting on a FORTUNE!!!!

 

" It has some silver shavings on it still, so it was made within the time that the Federal Reserve was using silver plating on their currency"

Huh? When did the fed issue coins? When did they use silver in their currency?

$3500 from a refinery? At $15 an ounce for silver that makes the piece over 233 ounces of silver.

And why did I read this thread?

My head aches.

 

I don't know, I'm thinking of going $775.

 

Come on peeps.....

I think we should give this person a break. :whistle: Can't you imagine for 69 years this coin has been the talk of their family at all reunions and family get togethers. I bet some of the relatives have high octane adrenalin running in their veins about this "RARE" possession.

Let's me understand this. A smelter offered $3500 but they are willing to sell it to us for $800 BUY IT NOW. This surely must have been posted from some mental institution me-thinks.

Amusing, but I sure hope some un-informed person doesn't bite on that one. :eating:

 

You see the answer is in the question. This seller actually has the very rare silver plated five cent fractional currency. It used the experimental flexible silver plating which explains why the refinery offered so much money. And if I remember correctly Abe Lincoln did carry this piece to test feasability of this new money. :whistle:

 

I still just want my nickel back...


-Honest Abe

 

Thanks, Viper.

Now I understand!

Phew, thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

Well I'm going to bid. But with the understanding that because of certain Federal restrictions I am unable to send or otherwise transfer money of any kind to the seller, and that if I am the winning bidder then he or she MUST pick up the funds in person at my location. And bring the nickel. My associate, Vinny, will be available to personally authenticate the item upon its arrival, thus freeing the funds for payment. You see, my family knew Abraham Lincoln, and its quite possible that the nickel in the auction was part of a sum of money which was paid to him around about that time. We are most anxious to see this money, er item, come back to where we believe it belongs.

Sincerely
Bidder: r**k

 

I don't know why you guys don't believe the seller, he has 100% feedback:whistle:

 

Update

Well, I haven't received any response to the question I asked 24 hours ago, or seen a picture of the nickel being sold, as requested.

So in an effort to motivate the seller to do something I sent the following:

"At this point I will assume that you do not plan on answering my question, or of providing a picture.

You should know however that President Abraham Lincoln died in 1865. The first US nickel coin ever produced was in 1866, therefore President Abraham Lincoln could not have owned the nickel as you claim.

Since you are now informed of this fact, selling the nickel offered would probably constitute fraud. Just wanted you to know."

So now I wait again......

 

Don't you see!

"only $600! worth thousands!"

It's legit!!

 

I would buy it, but you guys saw it first, so it would be unfair to steal it away

 

What a guy, with friends like that ........:smile

It's OK go ahead Ryan, my mother taught me to share

 

Never mind! It was Lincoln's in the first place, remember?

 

You're right. What I want to know is how they got that nickel from him from under all that concrete?????

 

He gave it to the seller's ancestors before he died! Did you read the trustworthy description!

 

I think we should probaly report this to ebay so some unsupecting person doesn't end up with a total fraud. Does someone here know how I tried a couple of times for things I saw and it was just an endless maze on their website. Ice