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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1061543, member: 27832&quot;]<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/36-Various-US-Silver-Dollars-1798-1921-34-Morgans-NR-/310281077321?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item483e318249#ht_10756wt_968" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/36-Various-US-Silver-Dollars-1798-1921-34-Morgans-NR-/310281077321?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item483e318249#ht_10756wt_968" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/36-Various-US-Silver-Dollars-1798-1921-34-Morgans-NR-/310281077321?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item483e318249#ht_10756wt_968</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Check out rows 6 and 7 of the photos in the body of the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one raised some flags for me, but I figured it was worth bidding on -- it explicitly says that it included a 1798 silver dollar, so if it turned out to be a reproduction, I&#039;d be covered under Buyer Protection (item substantially not as described). I was still nervous enough to put in a lowball bid (well below the $2K that that one coin would likely bring if it&#039;s as pictured).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I waited until the last few seconds, hit the button, saw a pause, and then...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;You&#039;ve been signed out.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>GAAAHHHH!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, as it turned out, my offer would&#039;ve been too low anyhow. Given the psychology of the thing, I might&#039;ve been willing to try a higher bid if given the chance -- one thing sniping does is help me control that urge. But if it <i>had</i> gone for less than my (attempted) bid, I would&#039;ve been a VERY unhappy camper. (Actually, I&#039;m still a pretty unhappy camper -- if it was convincing enough to bid on, it was convincing enough to bid higher than that.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, feel free to point out why placing a winning bid would&#039;ve been a terrible idea. To me, it still looks like a treasure hiding in a pile of commonplace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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