Misaligned dies are more rare than you think!

Those darn eBay error scammers.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/MISALIGNED-...GNED-LINCOLN/321277695564?hash=item4acda4964c

 

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I would make an offer for two cents, but the $3.95 shipping charge negates the deal, lol.

 

I would like to know how they know which die was mis-alligned?

 

how much do you think he spent on grading this coin?

 

Much more than it was worth.

 

plus the fee to have it graded as an error

 

I've got some misaligned errors for him. I'll sell it to him for a cheap, cheap price of $20 per coin, and he can make an $80 profit off each one! Win-win!

 

i don't no why people do this give money away on a few dollar coin

 

because some folks think everything is worth a fortune before they learn more about error coins. then a few of them can never be told anything by others because they think they know it all. actually this coin is only worth a cent IMO

 

Actually it was misalligned in the holder! Which grading co. is this?

 

He claims in the title that it is ANACS. I am personally not a fan.

 

At least no one bought it - yet (it's been relisted at the same stupid price).

I do actually agree with the stated sentiment about MADs. I think they are seriously under appreciated and much rarer than most people believe - I'm talking about a decent MAD and not one of the microscopic versions like this.

In hunting MADs on eBay for some time, this is the best I could do and it's no prize. I'm sure I missed other opportunities.

 

That is a really nice MAD. You rarely ever see them that extreme.

 

I'm with Kentucky on this. Coin appears fine.

On another note, maybe this thread would have been more appropriately placed in a general forum category instead of in the error coins category. When I opened the thread, I was hoping for something of substance.

 

I would guess that Kentucky was referring to the rather sloppy rotation of placing the coin in the holder by ANACS. There is definitely a misalignment of the hammer die, approximately towards 10 o'clock.

 

I don't see the rarity factor ( not talking just about the word 'unique' in his description, but would the press chief stop a MAD arrangement this small to correct?? I don't think so. So the number struck could be the life of the MA die.

I would put the rarity about the same as a minor RPM.

 

To your average non informed citizen Ike dollars are rare, any silver coins are rare, Kennedy halves are rare, two dollar bills are rare, silver certificates are rare. So the seller is not targeting informed collectors.

I know the 1909 vdb is not a particularly rare coin, yet in my roll searching I have yet to come across one, but I have picked up a mad in roll searching.

 

On that note, what is a ballpark rarity figure for a minor RPM?

 

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In fact, hair can be rare.
Fred Astaire got no hair,
Nor does a chair,
Nor a chocolate eclair,
And where is the hair on a pear?
Nowhere, mon frère!

Thank you George Carlin

 

I highly doubt he's paying to have them slabbed and is more likely buying as-is. It appears that most of his listings are such very minor slabbed errors/varieties that, even if it takes a little looking, can most certainly be had for little money, so it should not be a stretch to assume that this just is his schtick. Buy low, fluff up, and offer very high with the hopes that someone is willing to pay for or because of plastic.

As far as so-called ebay "scams" go, this one doesn't deserve a blip on the radar.