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PCGS 1879-o $20 on ebay

logger7logger7 Posts: 9,505 ✭✭✭✭✭

https://www.ebay.com/itm/168226031369

PCGS XF45. Sold for around $7900 on March 13. Looks like the top bidder is waiting for it...."Good afternoon calling about the 1879 coin please let me know when you’re going to ship The Coin. Thanks"

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I know there must be a story here, but I don't know if you could tell it in a more fragmented and cryptic way if trying.

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

    image
  • LukeMarshallLukeMarshall Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 20, 2026 9:23AM

    Look at the feedback for the seller

    7900.xx for this coin is a steal. and probably too good to be true.

    Most of the other sales from this seller are Legos and other non-coin items

    It's all about what the people want...

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 20, 2026 9:26AM

    I'll try to fill in the blanks a little. It sold for over $11K a few days before: https://www.ebay.com/itm/168221000762 So either this coin worth multiples of these numbers is not part of a real and honest auction or someone thinks that they can get near market value for a rare coin on a sketchy account with low value collectibles part of their sale history and when it doesn't bid up they run it again.

  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 20, 2026 2:03PM

    Wait for the feedback?

    Investor
  • Cranium_Basher73Cranium_Basher73 Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Isn't this coin worth over $50k in that grade?

    Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.

  • Alpha2814Alpha2814 Posts: 285 ✭✭✭

    Seller has a feedback rating of 21, only 4 in the last year, and their avatar is for a construction company matching https://web.archive.org/web/20180430111756/http://www.cdnroofing.com/

    Run away!

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,505 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alpha2814 said:
    Seller has a feedback rating of 21, only 4 in the last year, and their avatar is for a construction company matching https://web.archive.org/web/20180430111756/http://www.cdnroofing.com/

    Run away!

    No doubt an attempted scam. They probably thought they could defraud someone but ebay doesn't release money on high ticket items until delivered, etc..

    The only way to get market value or near that with expensive items like this is through a major company like Rarcoa.

  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 22, 2026 9:58AM

    I don’t like the deep hit on the cheek. Very small slab photo…..

    What say ye - the good, the bad, and the ugly?

    Investor
  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,560 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 23, 2026 10:38AM

    CDN: 66 k bid 70 k CPG. But with the big hits on face, cheek,

    Investor

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