Fake 1943

coincollector1989

I was going threw ebay and seen this so called 1943 copper. The coin looks tooled 1948 to me, any thoughts from the forum? Hopefully my link will work. 1943 copper

MadMonk

That's interesting, and someone has bid 100.00 on it already. I wonder why it's not certified?

islemangu

Hey the high bidder at $120,000 for this raw, bad photo auction is one of the board members here. Whats going on?

islemangu

whoops Mad monk posted same time I did. I read the auction wrong. sorry

coincollector1989

There might be a thread on this already but my search results show nothing

MadMonk

I just went back to look again, my old eyes deceived me, Islemangu is absolutely correct, next bid is 120.1k.................................................................................I doubt that the bidder has any intention of paying, at least I hope. Maybe a public service to keep some poor soul from getting rooked!

coppercoins

Right on the money, a tooled 1948. Value, exactly one cent.

MadMonk

You mean no charge for tooling and labor!

Blade

Interesting - $120K and reserve not yet met? I think this seller would take that in a NY minute.

rd5425

Don't worry guys, I'm not serrious about that bid , I'm not blind, its obviously an altered 1948, just thought it would be funny to bid on it, this guy is gonna have to pay a lotta of ebay fees. Its funny, ever since I bid on it, I have been getting atleast 20 emails a day warning me that it is a fake

sanmary

Absolutely tooled....notice how close the 3 is to the rim.....on genuine 43' cents there is much more space between the 3 and the rim.

Bikingnut

I tried emailing him, but got an error when I sent the message. It said he may not be able to receive messages through the ebay email system.

satootoko

E-Bay is soooooo consistent. New user with 0 feedback can sell an item with $120,000 opening and a higher reserve, but unless you have a +10 feedback rating you can't hold a dutch auction for a $1 item.

Duncan

RE:...........Rd5425.................LMAO...........I like your style...He thinks he's sitting pretty as you have a clean feedback sheet. LMAO...At the auction close he will be looking forward to offering you a reduced rate (probably $119,000) just to ease his ebay fees. Being new to collecting myself, I sit back and take in all that the good folks in here have to say but I must say I cannot sit back a listen to talk of i.e. COINS & guns or COINS & war so I may have offended one or two of the folks in here. I am a firm believer in justice/retribution and a devout defender of the underdog.........Still LMAO.......Nice going Rd

coincollector1989

rd I'm one of the emailers I sent the message this morning I didnt know that you were a forum member, I see your point in the bid now, that will be alot of Ebay fees to pay.

islemangu

Hats off to you Rd. Thats the best way to handle these crooks. Live by deceit...Die by deceit

JOHNandBEA

Rd..........can you end up with a neg from this situation?


John

DragonOfFire

I even made one when I was board!
1943 Copper Cent (FAKE)

ScarsdaleCoin

the sad thing is that he wont pay ebay fees because reserve not met.....oh well

Conder101

I'm not sure, I think the 1% of reserve (up to $100) fee still applies even if the reserve is not met. My understanding was that they made that change because sellers were setting unreasonably high reserves which weren't being met and the sellers were then contacting the high bidders and selling the coins off of ebay and eBay got nothing. Now the would get the reserve fee. The thought being that it would encourage sellers to set more reasonable reserves which would encourage successful sales.

Steve27

This looks like the same "art" work as the 1944-D converted to a 1914-D; you can see the damage from the file.