Bust or busted

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by Heavymetal, Sep 2, 2021.

  1. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Supporter! Supporter

    191FAEC6-03E5-47C4-9E94-48C2027EF462.jpeg B093E148-5411-4FF9-812E-FFD8F651B1ED.jpeg EE8CED9D-FCC5-4610-A5E1-37ECD3A167C9.jpeg Seller pictures on my local CL
    I think this is the guy who tried to sell me a phony Morgan CC a few years ago
    He’s a felon who was caught stealing copper from a closed USAF installation about 5 years ago
    I’m not an expert on these but...it don’t look right
     
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  3. Steven Michael Gardner

    Steven Michael Gardner Well-Known Member

    Ya if it smells fishy, there may be guts under the table....
    I have had this Fat Henry VIII coin for about a year until I came across a set
    of interesting looking cufflinks, sometimes it's to good to be true! Fat-Henry-VIII.jpg
     
  4. okbustchaser

    okbustchaser I may be old but I still appreciate a pretty bust Supporter

    It's real...and a desired variety. It's the 1812/1 small 8. Cleaned, but still probably worth 125 to 150 dollar range. (To the right person maybe slightly more)
     
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  5. Evan Saltis

    Evan Saltis OWNER - EBS Numis LLC

    I don't trust felons generally. Let alone thieves.
     
  6. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

    Yeah I was going to say surprisingly in this case that coin looks genuine.

    I personally wouldn’t buy it regardless as I wouldn’t want to be on a local crook’s radar as someone who collects coins.
     
  7. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It looks real but if the seller is what you claim, I’d pass at full speed.
     
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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Dunno about the seller, but the coin in the photos looks fine. Interesting presentation. Wonder if the spider is included.

    (I too have shot coin photos in sunlight on the weathered wood of the porch railing, but usually without insect life included, and I crop the pictures.)
     
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  9. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Supporter! Supporter

    Apparently not the devil I know. But I don’t forget him. Morgan CC was several grams underweight, EF condition
    It’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s just that I don’t trust anybody. Rick Harrison
     
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  10. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    I think I like the photo presentation more than the coin. Still, it appears genuine from the photos, cleaned, with some rim damage.
     
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