Buy the coin not the description

Found this description on ebay this morning...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1931-Lincol...876?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d8b4f9a4

A 1931 Lincoln cent described as "Tougher Date".
Tougher than what? Looks like more description hype.
The coin shown does not make it conditionally tough.
Over 19 million minted doesn't make it scarce. As of noon March 11 there have been no bids.

 

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ROFL it's pretty bad to clean and give a false impressions on a coin that's not rare , not a key . What 's worst is charging 9.95 for a coin that been made to look like it has some luster duh! Sad very sad!

 

You have to read between the lines, or in this case, between the words. Of course 1931 is a tough date. It was the height of the Great Depression!

Chris

 

I happen to know that in the Great Copper Melt of 2071 that these became very, very tough to find!

 

"tough date" is relative...lol.

When I come across a listing by that seller, I generally just pass it without looking further.

 

Context..... compared to many, many, many other dates/mints in a series stretching over 100 years, a date/mint with a mintage a tad over 19 million (which has nothing to do with present-day survivors) could reasonably be argued as being "tougher". 1931-P at 19.3+ million vs. 1982-P at 10.7+ BILLION? Hmm.... "tougher"? Indeed.

I also didn't see where it was claimed the coin was "scarce", but I digress.

Seriously though... it is simple marketing. Would you expect the seller to offer as "common and easily obtained"? Ebay is full of listings using questionable descriptors, but the same could be said for most everything and everywhere; there is no reason to let it bother you, and with this seller in particular, this "offense" isn't worthy of a blip on the radar.

 

The listing was ended because of an error in the description. Over 128,000 feed back with 99.8% positive. It was a mistake

 

One of my favorites are the sellers who describe every coin they sell as "RARE" and "HIGH GRADE".

 

If the coin had less than 1 million mintage perhaps the terminology at hand would be more fitting. Any penny with this much mintage is "common".

Sounds like he's really trying to talk up the coin to squeeze another buck out of the buyer.

 

Ask a bank roll hunter and they will say it is tougher. As they say, all depends. I have some rolls of them, but I digress also

 

I see folks on ebay listing 1921 Morgan Dollars and 1922 Peace Dollars as "SCARCE" - "HARD TO FIND ANYWHERE" and some of these coins look like they've seen better days... Meanwhile my local shop has like a box full of these and in near UNC condition. Go figure.

 

Hey at least it was Free Shipping. He did say this in his description.

"If you are bidding on raw coins, we STRONGLY RECOMMMEND that you have knowledge of the coin industry, coin pricing, and coin grading before you bid."

 

Before you all continue too bash this particular listing do your research. It was ended because of an error in the description. Look at the amount of listings this seller has and his amount of positive feed backs. It was a mistake

 

You are right. Excellent feedback. Maybe the seller saw this thread on CT!

 

"Tougher Date"?

Yes, much tougher than a 1958 P

 

Don't forget the guy who keeps listing things again and again AND AGAIN with "SIMI-KEY DATE" in the title...

 

ebay should ban the use of words such as: rare, scarce, better date, high grade, key date, gem, ect. they are most often not even close to accurate descriptions anyway.

 

I don't like those descriptors on ebay item descriptions either, except "key date", since unlike the others, I think most collectors of US-series coins can agree on what the "key dates" are. "Better date"...that can be more misleading.

I think all item descriptions, other than date and denomination, are one level or another of bogusness meant to just attract the eye. As a seller, if you provide high quality, corner-to-corner sharp, large images of the actual coin (especially raw ones), that does way more than any "item description" ever can.

 

Sure, words are the problem. Everything will be all better once sellers are forced to use R*RE, SC@RCE, B3TT3R D8, H1GH GRADE, |<EY |)ATE, and JEM instead.

 

LOL...I know right...one seller must have used the same template unintentionally when he was selling just the holder the coins came in ...NO COIN. I guess holders (NOT Third Party holder) are "RARE" and "HIGH GRADE".