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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    why, whatever do you mean, Lordy? image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>we will take a sugar scoop randomly right of the top as we go >>



    Oh, great. Just what everyone wants. A scoopful of scraped and scratched coins. image

    Gee, how interesting that the randomly sampled-Lincoln just happens to be a red UNC, the Indian cent from the 1860's, and the Merc a 1921. What a coincidence!

    Yeah, suuure that trunk is that full. Its sides held up very nicely when they had to use the forklift to bring it into the building.

    Hmm... I see we have a Dutch auction. The title says "ANTIQUE STEAMER TRUNK FULL OF OLD COINS", the quantity says 250. That sure is a quite a hoard of steamer trunks!

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From the same category:

    TWO CENTURIES OF INDIAN PENNIES-L@@K$1-NR

    (Hmm... silly me. I thought Indian cents were only struck for 50 years? You learn somethin' new every day!)

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Nicely salted surface layer. Does anybody actually believe the BS stories these sellers barf up?

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    PS: Besides Karl?image

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  • danarchydanarchy Posts: 284
    wasn't there talk about A Paramount Rarities? This Paramount Rarities???
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  • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
    That story is pathetic. It's almost better then the old Harold story.image Some of these sellers are completely stupid.image


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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    yes yes nice story yes yes nice way how coins are randomly arranged yes yes

    steamer trunk full yes yes unsearched yes yes

    did you also notice that there is if you look carefully at the blown up super size pix of the one showing the full trunk with the quilts in the v]backround how at the top right corner you can see where there is the bottom of the wood and how it is a TRAY just sitting about an inch or two from the top where the coins are resting on?? THIS IS THE FULL TRUNK..........LOL i may not be smart and rather dumb but i am not a total idiot........lol

    yes yes this is quite a deal they made much on the quilts the old antique dealer gave away in her shopthen she sold all the coins to them for cheap
    yes yes
    i mean the old antique dealer lady sits in the shop and buys things almost for nothing then pays the rent and sits there all day so someone can come in and she can give then dealrs of the lifetime under wholesale....yes yes

    now you can have a bargain and all the salted coins on top are all the same very heavy circ coins yes yes

    the old lady just threw the coins in yes yes and never one that was above fine yes yes......lol

    in my 35 years of examiming fully original hoards they usually contained many bright red and hi grade au brown red brown copper coins!!!!!!!!! also before i sold anything i always looked for the key dates....lol

    oh and yes they tell us what they have found in other hoards they have sold off by the scoop....lol waht has that got to do with the price of tea in china or this original horde??..........lol

    i guess they will get many greedy minds thinking that have lots of money to spend to take a chance..............lol and priced right 9.95.......lol

    but waht do i know yes yes

    original hoard yes yes


    sincerely michael
  • coynclectercoynclecter Posts: 2,111
    What I see is
    Indian cents 1909
    Buffalo nickels 1938
    Mercury dimes 1945

    so first where are the quarters and halves

    but the most obvious giveaway here is this

    If Aunty had pulled indian head cents which were not minted past 1909 then where are the V nickels (1912) and barber dimes (1916) which most certainly were in circulation at the time she was pulling out the cents?

    An obvious put together trunk from the junk bags

    Coyn
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    Wotta joke. They oughta just dump it in the nearest CoinStar machine.

    -Bob
  • JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭

    From the seller:

    It is not possible to tell at this point what else there may be.

    Oh, and why exactly is it not possible?

    I wonder if you get some free ounces of sugar with each lot!image

    JJacks

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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭
    IF IT WORKED FOR SOME ELSE.......................................
    It's an old racket. But then look at how many fell for this one.

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  • DesertLizardDesertLizard Posts: 702 ✭
    Simply amazing, cons like this are so obvious and ebay does nothing.

    If that trunk were full of coins [i know it is just the trucnk tray but they do not say that] it would crash right through the floor boards.

    Oh, and how convenient she took a photo right there in the attic or wherever she bought the hoard.

    Suckers will be lining up on this one!
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MrLee...

    There is no denying, however, that the woman in this auction is at least better looking than in you auction... image
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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭
    I concur
  • dragondragon Posts: 4,548 ✭✭
    Wow, tough croud tonight!

    I'm going to buy a scoop and won't you guys feel silly when I find a nice XF 1918/17 standing liberty quarter and maybe even a 1916-D merc. in VF!!

    Dragon
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭


    << <i>(Hmm... silly me. I thought Indian cents were only struck for 50 years? You learn somethin' new every day!) >>



    Reading the add, I can't tell if they mean the series lasted for 200 years or that you're going to get the ever elusive 1802 Indian cent.



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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There is no denying, however, that the woman in this auction is at least better looking than in your auction... >>



    ROFL. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that. image

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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭


    << <i>MrLee...

    There is no denying, however, that the woman in this auction is at least better looking than in your auction... image >>



    HEY! You can't blame that on me! I've never even met that women...........not that I can remember.image
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AND THEN, THERE'S THIS ONE!!! imageimageimage Holee cow, what a loser!!!

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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lordmorcovan:

    You are too funny!

    But you moved to Uzbekistan?????

    I can't even pronounce it right. image .......move over, George W. Bush.
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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭
    Better hurry oreville. There's only 499 left!
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    498, now. Can you believe that CanadianCoinGuy actually bid on that? I'll bet he gets an 1852 Morgen Dollar.

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  • agentjim007agentjim007 Posts: 6,256 ✭
    for a second I thought that stink was me.
  • stujoestujoe Posts: 1,510
    I am sure someone could estimate the weight of that trunk from the picture (the studs in the background might help in determining the size of the trunk) and I am also guessing it would be incredibly heavy.

    I love a good story though.
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  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    i wonder how u get a cheast that weighing thousands down the stairs from the attic with out breaking the floor and the stairs.
    image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Too funny, but you forgot to mention the ultra slow shippingimage.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    Free hot air for all...why its the famous "Stanley Steamer Hoard"
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  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    You guys all act like you don't think the seller is being altogether truthful.
    You just wait til Dork Karl reads this thread.
    Man, the kielbasa's gonna hit the fan.

    Ray
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lord: Where the heck are your flashing red lights and scrolling messages?

    Also how the heck are you going to explain your bill from ebay to your wife if 100 people actually bid on your hot air?
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  • laserartlaserart Posts: 2,255 ✭
    hey, how much for just the trunk?
    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Low Shipping rates turn me off from Bidding. If the rate was correct a bid would be placed on the Sack and you could keep the.......

    Way Funny and Gramatically Correct !!! (SP)
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Lord: Where the heck are your flashing red lights and scrolling messages? >>



    I couldn't find the URL on those dang red lights. Anyone?

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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe these ?
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    do we realy have to go through this AGAIN???image

    is it real? is it fake? does it matter? did harold really die? who's buried in the trunk underneat all those coins? did russ root out yet another scam in an endless line of scams? did goose3 put deb up to polishing up all the coins in the trunk and retoning them for sale at five times retail value? how many coins are in a pound of wheaties?

    what exactly is the point?image

    besides, now theres only 497 left ......

    K S
  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭


    << <i>what exactly is the point? >>

    Amusement?
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the great laugh! I printed it out for my records! image

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  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Given LM"s reputation for veracity on these boards, I am astonished at his thinly veiled accusations that something may be afoot here. Why would you doubt this seller? They happened to pluck out a single Merc from this vast unsearched hoard and it turned out to be a 1921. What is your point? I am confident it is back in the chest and awaits your winning bid ...
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  • windwhispersintreeswindwhispersintrees Posts: 605 ✭✭✭
    Any "antique" store owner in Plymouth, MA--home to the Rock and everything else a tourist could want--would be a heck of a lot sharper than the seller describes. The seller could've at least bothered to make up a more a plausible lie.
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  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Good point that a chest like that filled to the brim should have long ago crashed through the rafters, through the first floor and into the basement ... A little padding and I could replicate that photo without ever touching the good stuff ...
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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    MrLee, you are RIGHT ON, dude.

    K S

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