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<p>[QUOTE="jhunter, post: 307054, member: 11440"]<b>New to CoinTalk, also comments on Jacks 1909-s</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I am a new member to CoinTalk as of tonight,</p><p> Jack told me about CoinTalk so I came over and checked it out. I am the person that sold him the 1909-s cent on ebay that ICG deemed to be counterfeit. The story behind this coin is I bought a large collection of coins from someone (on ebay) last Aug. or Sept. that included everything from the 1909-s cents through a Delaware Commem, rolled cents, silver bullion etc. and everything in between. This lot contained 4 1909-S of which the only one I sold was the 1909-s Jack received, I still have the other three 09-s that I was hoping to put away for another day, I will now send those into ANACS for verification. I sold about half of the collection and got my purchase price back for the lot. 2 of the better coins I bought in this lot were sent in by other people and all returned as real except for this one. Needless to say I was shocked when Jack gave me the news that this coin was a counterfeit. It was beyond my scope as a coin collector to identify this coin as a fake even though I have been collecting coins ever since my grandmother gave me some indian head pennies back in the 1960's when I was 8 years old. This was a real eye opener for me.</p><p> I have read many posts on this site tonight and have found it all very interesting. I hope to be a regular contributor.</p><p>Thank you Jack for the tip to join CoinTalk, I will let you know when the 1909-s arrives back to me and will refund all your expenses promptly. </p><p>John Hunter[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jhunter, post: 307054, member: 11440"][b]New to CoinTalk, also comments on Jacks 1909-s[/b] I am a new member to CoinTalk as of tonight, Jack told me about CoinTalk so I came over and checked it out. I am the person that sold him the 1909-s cent on ebay that ICG deemed to be counterfeit. The story behind this coin is I bought a large collection of coins from someone (on ebay) last Aug. or Sept. that included everything from the 1909-s cents through a Delaware Commem, rolled cents, silver bullion etc. and everything in between. This lot contained 4 1909-S of which the only one I sold was the 1909-s Jack received, I still have the other three 09-s that I was hoping to put away for another day, I will now send those into ANACS for verification. I sold about half of the collection and got my purchase price back for the lot. 2 of the better coins I bought in this lot were sent in by other people and all returned as real except for this one. Needless to say I was shocked when Jack gave me the news that this coin was a counterfeit. It was beyond my scope as a coin collector to identify this coin as a fake even though I have been collecting coins ever since my grandmother gave me some indian head pennies back in the 1960's when I was 8 years old. This was a real eye opener for me. I have read many posts on this site tonight and have found it all very interesting. I hope to be a regular contributor. Thank you Jack for the tip to join CoinTalk, I will let you know when the 1909-s arrives back to me and will refund all your expenses promptly. John Hunter[/QUOTE]
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