Ughhh another destroyed classical coin for financial gain
Skrill90
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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.
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I would think the corrosion and wear destroyed this coin long before any alteration could make that claim.
peacockcoins
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.
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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I think it is an improvement. :-(
Hey, thanks for monitoring EBay for us and finding things on that site to post over here at CU.
At least they admit to the altered date
Collector, occasional seller
Calling that a "nice large cent" seems a bit hyperbolic.
The listing is gone now... did anyone get a picture?.....Cheers, RickO
After seeing the photo, the title of this thread is comical.
My Early Large Cents
@ArizonaRareCoins....Thanks for the picture.... could it possibly be more obvious?? Cheers, RickO