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<p>[QUOTE="foreverlow, post: 834829, member: 24025"]Hey guys, I am new here. I saw this thread in Google and felt the need to comment, as I have some additional info to add to the story.</p><p><br /></p><p>The funny thing about this is the seller originally listed the same coin earlier this week as simply being "found in pocket change". I was in the market for a 1914-D Lincoln, saw that it was fake, and emailed him as a courtesy to let him know it was an altered 1944-D. I know I should have just filled out the form on Ebay to have it removed, but I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. </p><p><br /></p><p>He ended the original item a short time later and relisted it as the one you guys saw. I figured since he acknowledged it was fake in the new listing, all was well. The only reason he described how it was fake it because I explained it to him. I didn't take into account that someone was going to buy it to possibly resell it as authentic...and pay a good premium to do so. My bad!</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting twist on this, I ended up buying a nice 1914-D Lincoln last night on Ebay. It looked genuine in the pictures - proper spacing on the numbers in the date, mint mark in proper location, and the 1 and 4 were the right font style and size. I paid for it this morning and then received an email saying the auction was voided, but no explanation as to why. I emailed the seller and he said someone reported it as being fake, although it looks completely authentic in the picture. It looks like Ebay got a little carried away the last few days with voiding 1914-D Lincoln auctions!:headbang:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="foreverlow, post: 834829, member: 24025"]Hey guys, I am new here. I saw this thread in Google and felt the need to comment, as I have some additional info to add to the story. The funny thing about this is the seller originally listed the same coin earlier this week as simply being "found in pocket change". I was in the market for a 1914-D Lincoln, saw that it was fake, and emailed him as a courtesy to let him know it was an altered 1944-D. I know I should have just filled out the form on Ebay to have it removed, but I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. He ended the original item a short time later and relisted it as the one you guys saw. I figured since he acknowledged it was fake in the new listing, all was well. The only reason he described how it was fake it because I explained it to him. I didn't take into account that someone was going to buy it to possibly resell it as authentic...and pay a good premium to do so. My bad! An interesting twist on this, I ended up buying a nice 1914-D Lincoln last night on Ebay. It looked genuine in the pictures - proper spacing on the numbers in the date, mint mark in proper location, and the 1 and 4 were the right font style and size. I paid for it this morning and then received an email saying the auction was voided, but no explanation as to why. I emailed the seller and he said someone reported it as being fake, although it looks completely authentic in the picture. It looks like Ebay got a little carried away the last few days with voiding 1914-D Lincoln auctions!:headbang:[/QUOTE]
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