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Ughhh another destroyed classical coin for financial gain

Nice large cent with an altered date of 1804...
Why must people do this. Destroyed piece of numismatic history that will forever be a damaged/filler date.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-cent-penny-1804-filler-altered-date/143038319771?hash=item214dbf8c9b:g:bNYAAOSwJ85cwK0M

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 23,134 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would think the corrosion and wear destroyed this coin long before any alteration could make that claim.

    peacockcoins

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    ARCOARCO Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 22, 2019 2:09PM

    It looks like a piece of charcoal. :) Maybe it just needed to be put out of its misery? In classic Ebay fashion, the seller has a price that corresponds to a win-the-lottery fantasy.

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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 7,834 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So, to recap, someone took a heavily corroded 1800's LC that typically sells raw on ebay for less than $50 and did a shoddy job altering it into a key date... now they're trying to get $400 for it?

    Is PT Barnum selling this??

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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it is an improvement. :-(

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Skrill90 said:
    Nice large cent with an altered date of 1804...
    Why must people do this. Destroyed piece of numismatic history that will forever be a damaged/filler date.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-cent-penny-1804-filler-altered-date/143038319771?hash=item214dbf8c9b:g:bNYAAOSwJ85cwK0M

    Hey, thanks for monitoring EBay for us and finding things on that site to post over here at CU.

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At least they admit to the altered date

    Collector, occasional seller

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 32,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Calling that a "nice large cent" seems a bit hyperbolic.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The listing is gone now... did anyone get a picture?.....Cheers, RickO

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    ArizonaRareCoinsArizonaRareCoins Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    The listing is gone now... did anyone get a picture?.....Cheers, RickO

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    Alltheabove76Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭

    After seeing the photo, the title of this thread is comical.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ArizonaRareCoins....Thanks for the picture.... could it possibly be more obvious?? Cheers, RickO

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