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When you ship, you have to pack it assuming the gorillas in the American Tourister commercials handle your package.

@johnny010 said:

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Congratulations, you're a very lucky man.

This is my wife!

@Connecticoin said:

@Walkerfan said:
I learned an expensive lesson on eBay ONCE about 20 years ago....Nobody saved me.

It was a HARD lesson, but it taught me well. I NEVER made that mistake again.

Sometimes, this needs to happen; I suppose...

The winning bidder will DEFINITELY be paying tuition for a useful albeit painful coin 'education'.

The seller ended the auction, so the bidders who bid it up to almost $500 were “saved”

Ah, then this answers my question and eBay does remove bid history on auctions that end early. It’s possible that the bids could have gone even higher had the auction continued so $500 is the minimum that was saved.

Regarding the $63 fee the seller had to pay to end the auction I would hope that they could talk with eBay to explain the situation and get credited back especially since they were doing the right thing to end it early.

I watched the auction today at the shop, even though I had no intrest in obtaining a modern issue, I had two customers who wanted one, they both sat on the sidelines today in awe, both actually have money, but decided 35k was just too much to spend on those.

The ladder half performed better than i thought, I thought prices might wane a little, and taper off, actually reverse started strong , soften just a tiny miniscule, then finished strong. i figured folks thought same, and then realized they better get on board or miss the boat and propped prices back up stronger at the end. I think the 69's benefitted the most at the end from this for some just to be able to get one at all.

I just checked on eBay and I got a notification that my bids were cancelled and now the auction is suddenly ended 🤔

But I really did want the coin for my Circulated Registry Sets 😢

@WQuarterFreddie said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@WQuarterFreddie said:

@PeakRarities said:
This is just one of those nonsense articles to generate clicks, nothing remotely insightful here.

More importantly, just because the more experienced collectors may already know about these coins, the article is directed to the beginner collectors who do not know about these coins.

**And the article tells them to check their pocket charge for 1943 copper cents. **

Wrong! If you actually read the article it does not state that at all. In fact it states very clearly the following:

"The chances of finding a million dollar coin in your pocket is extremely rare, but it’s still worth your while to check attics and antique shops, with collectors and dealers or through buying coin rolls from the bank for coins still in circulation."

Any article that says "certain to increase in value" and "five still in circulation" is pure click bait.

@dhikewhitney said:
Silver:
1 quarter and 4 dimes

CopperNickel:
$2.08

Foreign:
15 pence UK
7 cents Euro
30 cents Canada

other foreign TBD

token and 2 clipped cents

Whooee! Talk about a score!

@jmlanzaf said:

@WQuarterFreddie said:

@PeakRarities said:
This is just one of those nonsense articles to generate clicks, nothing remotely insightful here.

More importantly, just because the more experienced collectors may already know about these coins, the article is directed to the beginner collectors who do not know about these coins.

And the article tells them to check their pocket charge for 1943 copper cents.

As long as wheat cents are still floating around in circulation, there's a chance of finding a 1943 copper cent. It's probably a hundred gazillion to one, but there is still a chance. Remember the kid that found one in his lunch money in the 60s? I realize that was sixty years ago...but hey, it happened!

@hedgefundtradingdesk said:
My 24k max yielded the same results as @coiner and @jmlanzaf combined. Zilch. No bonus for being less wide of the mark.

As a modern rarity, these coins should hold their value for many years. But over decades, the premium will likely erode in the direction of the non-privy coins, as people recognize them as a gimmick/pattern type coin.

Fun to own, but there are many many better ways to incinerate cash.

Fun to own, but there are many many better ways to incinerate cash.

Isn't that true for the majority of coins being collected by us?🤣😂