ebay coin believe it or not?

Can you believe this sold for $224.48 Am I mistaken or is this what is referred to as pounding? Taking a nickel in this case placing it between two dimes wrapping it in leather and pounding it or placing it in a vice. I hope for the lucky winner it's not so!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8356807911&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

 

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yuck. too fishy for my tastes. I dont think i would take that one if you gave it to me.

 

Heck, the guy even says "...but I don't think it was created at the mint this way."
That's right, it was created in somebody's workshop in the basement.
Duh! I can't imagine buying something like that off of e-bay.

 

Another one of those consider the name of the seller before you bid items. :hammer:

 

I think he started his discription with a typo "Look at the scans" should have been "Look at the scams". N and M side by side on the keyboard could have been a slip of the finger!

 

I really have a hard time wasting sympathy on people who bid around a plainly-stated disclaimer. They're getting what they're paying for - an education - and we all know education isn't cheap.

 

I agree with the education part, but I do feel sorry for the guy and I'm glad my education on some coin scams was alot cheaper although any amount for this type of education is painfully too much!

 

Here is a article on the making of this type of coin.

http://conecaonline.org/content/OhNo0028.htm