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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1038807, member: 15309&quot;]So I was performing my routine search of E-Bay for rainbow toned Jefferson Nickels when I stumbled upon this listing with a terrible photo and a huge price tag.&nbsp; Naturally, I clicked to take a closer look and this is what I found:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1945-S-Sil-War-Time-5C-NGC-MS-67-Monster-Toning-Ob-Rv-/360318110257?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item53e4a20a31#ht_2002wt_907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1945-S-Sil-War-Time-5C-NGC-MS-67-Monster-Toning-Ob-Rv-/360318110257?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item53e4a20a31#ht_2002wt_907" rel="nofollow">1945-S Jefferson Nickel NGC MS67 BIN $650</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now if the scans were not bad enough, here is the seller&#039;s description:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: blue">The most beautiful War Time Silver Jefferson Nickel you have ever seen. Electric toning both on the Obverse and Reverse. Housed in an early NGC case before the Star Coins were born but guaranteed a STAR if resubed. Graded MS-67. Neet cheap but well worth the premium, I didn&#039;t steal it either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scan does not due this beauty justice, trust me you will love it in person even if you are like me and don&#039;t particularly love Jeffersons!!</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Really, the most beautiful Jefferson you have ever seen.&nbsp; That statement deserves a Come On Man!&nbsp; Next comes a statement which is either a deliberate lie or simply factually incorrect depending upon the numismatic knowledge of the seller.&nbsp; The seller states that the coin was certified prior to the inception of the star designation and is in an older holder.&nbsp; Now I don&#039;t know much about NGC holder generatons but I do know that the star designation started prior to cert #&nbsp; 2474845-xxx.&nbsp; Keep in mind that the certification numbers are in chronological order.&nbsp; The smaller the number, the older the certification.&nbsp; Here is a photo of my earliest star designation on an NGC coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1941NGCMS67Star12-9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In it&#039;s infancy, the star designation was not the big bold star you see today but a small raised plain font star.&nbsp; Then the seller goes on to guarantee that the coin would get a star designation if resubmitted.&nbsp; I wonder what the terms of that guarantee are?</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally I just blow off these types of E-Bay miscues, but this one just rubbed me the wrong way.&nbsp; I find it hard to believe that the verbiage about the star designation was an innocent mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you guys think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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