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<p>[QUOTE="dreamer94, post: 163110, member: 6449"]I saw the following posting on eBay. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130037815500&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130037815500&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #800080">1935 P PEACE DOLLAR SILVER US COIN $2,200@ MS67 BU !</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p>The picture shows a coin that is rather beat-up. The description hypes the coin even more, saying that "<span style="color: blue">The value of these Peace Dollars soars into the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars in MS-67 or MS-68 grade! Can you imagine owning a coin valued at $125,000?</span><span style="color: black">"</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Then a disclaimer that "</span><span style="color: blue">I'm not claiming that this coin grades MS-66....</span><span style="color: #000000">".</span></p><p> </p><p>Anyone carefully reading the listing would see the truth, but it bothers me that people use these tactics to attract customers. It's reminiscent of "You have already won $10,000,000 (if you have the winning number; but of course, you don't have the winning number........).</p><p> </p><p>I'd be interested in what people think the pictured coin is actually worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer94, post: 163110, member: 6449"]I saw the following posting on eBay. [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130037815500&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003"][U][COLOR=#800080]1935 P PEACE DOLLAR SILVER US COIN $2,200@ MS67 BU ![/COLOR][/U][/URL] The picture shows a coin that is rather beat-up. The description hypes the coin even more, saying that "[COLOR=blue]The value of these Peace Dollars soars into the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars in MS-67 or MS-68 grade! Can you imagine owning a coin valued at $125,000?[/COLOR][COLOR=black]"[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Then a disclaimer that "[/COLOR][COLOR=blue]I'm not claiming that this coin grades MS-66....[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]".[/COLOR] Anyone carefully reading the listing would see the truth, but it bothers me that people use these tactics to attract customers. It's reminiscent of "You have already won $10,000,000 (if you have the winning number; but of course, you don't have the winning number........). I'd be interested in what people think the pictured coin is actually worth.[/QUOTE]
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