This 1799 (1798) large cent keeps making its way back to eBay

Huh. When I needed to get a holed 1878 proof trade dollar authenticated, ANACS was saying they would not slab holed coins, period. But here's a 2019 CoinWorld article where they did just that. I wonder when the policy changed (back)?

 

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I didn't know about the previous policy.. Except for being holed it looked like a nice example.

 

They have more money than brains.

He will probably get it "to stick" this time. One of the things about eBay is that some dealers I have know have picked off people who didn't know what they had. This was years ago, and mostly in the area of tokens which has a smaller group of experts than U.S. coins.

The people who bid all of that money probably figured they had "spotted something" and were "picking this guy off." Little do they know that they were the folks who "got picked off".

 

Wouldn’t it be something if the buyer chose to show off his “spectacular” purchase here on CT?

 

I don't really know how Ebay works, but I am guessing the winner has no recourse
to return the coin since the seller never claimed he was offering a 1799. He cannot claim he was misled, ie its yours.
Is this correct?

 

Agreed. It was described as a 1798 in the description

 

Ouch, thank goodness you folks are here. Best.

 

Nothing like relishing in the spoil.

 

It was misleading in that coin was prominently displayed in the photo.
Seems a little dishonest considering he sold $600 worth of coins for $5300.