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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HowardStern, post: 1604892, member: 26533&quot;]My friend recently purchased 2 Whitman Cent albums at a very small auction.</p><p>He won the 2 albums, nearly full, for about $10!</p><p>When I was over visiting one night he asked me if I could look them over for errors.</p><p>As I was glancing at one album he was looking at the other.</p><p>He asked if theyre were any famous wheat cent errors and I told him about the 1955 double die.</p><p>He immediately yelled out ..&quot;I Got One!!&quot;.&nbsp; I laughed and told him to relax and that there was no way.</p><p>When he showed me I couldnt believe it.&nbsp; This guy just found the holy grail of mint errors!</p><p>Anyway, knowing I sell error coins on ebay, he asked if I would sell it for him.</p><p>Knowing that this would bring attention to my other errors, I obliged(I was also going to get a new metal detector out of the deal).</p><p>I listed it on ebay starting at .99 with now reserve. </p><p>A few hours before the auction ends I get an email from some ebayer saying that this is a fake from china!</p><p>I had hundreds of views and a lot of bids and this was the only ebayer who emailed me saying it was a fake.</p><p>So, the coin sells and I ship it.&nbsp; As soon as I got back from the post office I get an email from ebay.</p><p>It read....&quot;We are sorry but we had to cancel your auction because a member of ebays &#039;Coin Watchdog&#039; community has brought it to our attention that this is a fake.&nbsp; I emailed the buyer and told him about the ebay message.&nbsp; He returned the coin back to me and I was happy in a way because I was expecting a better price.&nbsp; Ebay also tells me that if I want to relist the coin, it must be graded by one of the reputable grading companys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few questions maybe you CoinTalkers can clear up</p><p>1) Is this a fake?</p><p>2) Who are these so called experts in ebay&#039;s &quot;Coin Watchdog Community&quot;?</p><p>3) Has ebay ever pulled your listings unjustly?</p><p>4) Should I get this coin conserved and graded, graded, or dont even bother?</p><p><br /></p><p>The person who won the auction got a great deal.&nbsp; When I get this coin graded it will sell for a lot more and I will want to show him what it sells for.&nbsp; Ebay may have just screwed this guy out of a great deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin weighs 2.9 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]226340.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]226341.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]226342.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]226343.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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