1916-D Mercury (Deal or No Deal?)

What do ya'll think of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-D-DIME_W0QQitemZ220449449809

That was listed by a seller that is selling self-slabbed 1928-P Peace Dollar counterfeits as authentic and buying empty silver proof set holders to reload with non-silver proofs to resell at a profit, so that should tell you something.

Ribbit

 

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I can't even get the other pics of the coin to come up when I click on them. I wouldn't touch that coin with a 40 foot telephone pole!


Frank

 

Well I could get the pictures to come up, but the D looks new compared to the rest of the coin. I wonder - fake 16-D, but is it a real 1916 mercury? Good pass toad.

 

My guess is he stacked two coins in the holder. He probably used a genuine 1916 Dime for the obverse and a common-date D-mint Dime for the reverse.

 

I wonder why he ended the auction...

 

That D is off from other 1916 D's I looked at. His seemed to touch the leaf of the bush and others did not. But maybe I'm wrong.

 

The 16-d's have a slight rotation of the reverse relative to the obverse. it varies, as there were 4 different reverse dies used, but none is perfectly oriented relative to the obverse. This coin is in a holder, and I see no rotation. "No rotation, no authentication"

 

When will these morons learn? This guy just cracks me up with all his buying of empty silver proof set holders. Buy, load and resell:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1999-SILVER-PROOF-NINE-COIN-SET-WITH-BOX-COA_W0QQitemZ220456231966QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item335437241e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

 

cool tip, ksparrow! I have to file that one!

 

Wait what?

 

No deal, looks like an added mintmark. Or looks enough like it from the photos that I wouldn't wager shipping on it.

 

Peeps break up Proof sets to send in the individual coins to have them slabbed and the empty Mint boxes are then sold to someone and in this case, the guy reloads the boxes with non-silver proofs and resells them as silver proofs, which are worth more than the clad proofs.

It's known as fraud but unless you buy one of his reloads, you can't prove it. :goof:

Ribbit

Ps: Re-read the OP and you'll see I mentioned it too.

 

the D is in the wrong place.to high up on the reverse
here is a real one.

 

The seller of the OP coin has another ID on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-D-CENT-LINCOLN-WHEAT-PENNY-NO-RESERVE-PRICE_W0QQitemZ380141691409

That should get a raise out of our Lincoln collectors.

I hope no CT member buys from this scammer. :goof:

Ribbit

 

Technical Grading Service???

Is their motto "We don't market grade coins!"?

 

Better yet,

"Technically, we are not a grading service."

 

Haha that definitely works!

 

I didn't think you can show an image of slabs like those on Ebay?

 

Larry, I might be mistaken, but I think images are OK, but that you can't include numerical grades in the listing.

 

Unless the coin is in one of the anointed slabs, a numerical grade can only appear in the description, iirc.