Ebay Coin Wizard?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by OldSilverDollar, Jun 3, 2021.

  1. OldSilverDollar

    OldSilverDollar Unknown Member

    This seller over the last 6 months has quietly put out rare coins of the same coins over and over. It's always the same group of coins with 1894-P Morgans in mint state.
    always same rare key coins like 1916-D Liberty Dime MS Grade he has sold over 20 often at only 30% to 50% of market value.
    In 6 months I have seen five auctions of 1916 Standing Liberty in MS Condition sold only for a few thousand or less.
    My question is this a Coin Wizard who can cast a spell to change dates/mint marks? or is it just the best deals on Ebay?
    I consider myself an entry level collector, so it's possible their is something I've not taken into consideration.


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    1921-P
     
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  3. Bluntflame

    Bluntflame Well-Known Member

    Oh shit, I know this guy! He's ALWAYS been the lucky one out of the 2 of us, although, I have no idea how he's been pulling MS key dates out his ass. Perhaps it's a hole to a Chinese sweatshop?
     
  4. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Nope, nothing the least bit suspicious here. :rolleyes: :banghead: :punch:
     
  5. Hiwatt

    Hiwatt Coffee break

    I took a look at the closed auctions. Multiples of key dates, almost every coin is AU. Almost nothing slabbed.

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  6. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

  7. CoinJockey73

    CoinJockey73 Well-Known Member

    I have to figure it's one of you guys, selling off your collection, lol.
    The guy has 100% positive feedback. Not 1 negative comment. Too bad all his stuff is so good, lol.

    *edit
    If you Google coinsncards a lot of warnings come up about the guy.
     
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  8. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

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  9. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    He's easy to deal with.
    None are slabbed.
    Just say "NO"!
     
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  10. Gregg

    Gregg Monster Toning

    Every time we get something nice going about 10,000 idiots need to horn in and destroy it.
     
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  11. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Here's the fatal flaw in "100% positive feedback".

    First, people can now revise feedback that they've left. That wasn't always the case. For this seller, two people have done so:

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    Second, and much more importantly, if the seller offers a refund, the seller can have negative feedback REMOVED. So, there's no way to make negative feedback stick, as long as the seller offers to make things right.

    I haven't studied this seller's particular listings, and I'm not sure I could reliably identify good fakes of these key dates anyhow. But this selling pattern -- lots and lots of keys, in apparent high grade, unslabbed, being sold again and again and again -- just looks incredibly suspicious. Where's he getting them? Why isn't he slabbing any of them?
     
  12. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Could be a undercover agent for the Crimeese. I've seen his expensive seller ad, legit or not, I pass. Very informative post, thank you.
     
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  13. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    These fakes are extremely pernicious to serious collectors & collections everywhere. Thusly making collectors have doubts of the coins, possibly in their collection's, originality.
    Very harmful to numismatics.
    Thanks 'oldsilverdollar' for bringing this seller to CT member's attention,
    J.T.
     
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  14. MegaCoin

    MegaCoin New Member

    I have been slowly scooping up a key date coin over the last couple years and I’m sure my kids will pull them out their ass when I die. Lol
     
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  15. Chris Winkler

    Chris Winkler Well-Known Member

    The coins look pretty real, though PCGS says when they have that "concrete" look they are cast. Here is a closeup of the Bands of a 1929-D 10c Mercury Head Dime Uncirculated Monster FSB Full Split Bands. If they are copies, they are very good copies. That's why i am hesitant to buy unslabbed coins now.
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  16. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    It just dawned on me. He is a time traveler that goes back in time and picked up numerous key date coins and then returns and sells them. Mystery solved. LOL
     
  17. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Why stop there? Sell the coins, travel to the future, steal them, bring them back, and sell them again! Now you've got twice as many of each coin! Do it nine times, and you have ten times as many!
     
  18. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    Laws of Fisics (sic) prevent future travel?
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  19. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    No, no, the laws of physics require travel into the future. They just don't allow travel into the past.

    (And that's why we can't have faster-than-light travel, either; that is time travel, because it results in some observers seeing effects happen before causes. That breaks everything.)
     
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  20. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    I'm waiting for him to offer the rare clip on tie.
     
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  21. 1865King

    1865King Well-Known Member

    Sadly it appears he is selling counterfeit coins. I took a look at his Morgan dollars although they look nice it's funny that all of them have the same luster. Three different dates but, no difference in luster. Not likely. Have a group of a similar graded Lincoln 1909 S VDB. They're to much a like to be real. Chinese counterfeits.

    Don't be fooled by the old paper roll. That's very easy to reproduce.
     
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