Possibly the most ridiculous posting on ebay?

I don't see double die on this... Maybe someone here does? I think they are just trying way to hard to find a dd penny...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1937s-Double-Die-wheat-cent-1937S1DO005-/390771487971

 

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that is the most ridiculous listing

 

I can't even figure out what I'm looking at in the picture

 

Bwuahahahahaahaha

That seller... what a joker!

 

His other listings are the same lol. just look at this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/2009-P-Form...94?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item5afb7644b6

 

He's dreaming on both coins. He is using the power of suggestion, hoping the gullible will think it's really there.

 

I wonder if the seller actually believes what he's selling is special, or if he's just trying to prey upon the ignorant. Still, I've seen people do this before and never known for it actually bring a premium. I'm sure it's happened, but hopefully the instances are few and far between.

 

I'm just amazed that he has that much feedback.

 

I don't even know what part of the coin he has enlarged .

 

a majority of his stuff sells for $4-$6...but if you think about it, he is selling pennies at a 4000%-6000% increase...not a bad business model, barring ethics of course.

 

Did anyone actually bother to look this one up on coppercoins? It looks like a match to me, doubled eyelid. http://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1937&die_id=1937s1do005&die_state=mds

The link to the extra finger listing is also obviously a doubled die, though with over 100 individual dies listed for that year, it may not be the exact one listed. Regardless, though, it is a doubled die. http://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=2009&die_id=2009p1dr082&die_state=eds

The seller is a poster on the Lincoln Cent Resource forum, and from what I see, his current items are all legitimate doubled dies and RPMs. His listings provide all the needed info in the title and description, and can easily be matched up with a simple search. He is selling legitimate die varieties.

Maybe before criticizing a seller, we should take it upon ourselves to research the item in question to make sure that the listing is indeed incorrect...

 

Why you have to be such a Debbie Downer?

 

Get em Simon

 

I now know why I don't bother to save these type of coins.

 

I sure wouldn't collect something you need an electron microscope to see , then when you see it , it looks nothing like they say it does . A doubled thumb , I don't think so . Now '55 and '72 Lincolns are collectables . Believe me I love a doubled die coin , but not one you really can't see what it is if you can see it at all . But that's just me , to each his own .

 

the condition of the coin denotes if the double die condition can be seen. is there such a thing as a G-4 DDO? no. no research needed.

 

Beyond the fact that there absolutely can be such a thing as a G4 DDO, what does this have to do with this gentleman's offerings? Mostly minor or not, all seem to be legit varieties, so what is in fact ridiculous is that the OP started a thread to laugh at something and someone that he appears to know little about. Had he taken the time to research before opening his mouth, he probably could have avoided sticking his foot into it.

If you or anyone else do not like such coins, that’s fine, but this guy seemingly does and is doing nothing wrong by offering them for sale.

 

The 2009 cent listing... you can see the doubled thumb clearly....

 

Not really sure what point you are trying to make. The grade of a coin and it being listed as a doubled die are independent of one another. While it is true that a doubled die in a low grade may be harder to identify, that doesn't change the fact that it still is a doubled die.

Is there such thing as a G4 DDO? Yes, but since you said no research needed, I wouldn't really expect you to know that.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1873-DDO-Do...10?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2c7c518fb2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1934-NGC-G-...35?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item589d2613f3

The fact of the matter is that while a lower grade may make a doubled die harder to spot, it doesn't change the fact that it is still a doubled die. No matter the grade of the seller's coins (which, by the way, I don't think he explicitly specified), his listings are still correct, and claims of him "preying on the ignorant" and "luring in gullible buyers" are unwarranted. I can't find a single detail in his listings that call into question his listing practices. He clearly states what it is, provides reference numbers, and shows clear pictures of the doubling/RPM/error.