Hard to even tell its a Lincoln, then yet proof. Wouldn't bid on this unless allowed to get verification of authenticity from one of the big three....Ken
The seller has a single feedback - he sold a dateless coin listed in the Standing Lib quarter category. The microscopic obverse photo could have been from an SLQ, but the reverse photo was of a Barber half. So I wouldn't presume the seller is qualified to determine whether a 1909 VDB Lincoln is a Matte proof.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
You have really got to know what you are doing when it comes to Matt Proof Lincoln cents. If you can't spot that the coin has the proper sharpness and rims, you could get stuck on this even you could see the coin in person. This is a coin that novice collectors should buy in slabs from the big three companies. Even some dealers get fooled by these coins.
You can't tell squat from the picture. If you want to chance it that the seller will let you return it if it flunks at the services, go ahead. But I would say away BIG TIME. As a seller I would NEVER offer this coin raw on Ebay. There are too many complications.
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How much do you like gambling? The seller has only one feedback-- and this is from selling one other coin, a dateless liberty quarter!! Although you never know for sure..... I seriously doubt that the Lincoln is truely a proof, given the seller history to this point. IMHO.
I emailed the guy the day he posted the auction, I asked him how HE knew it was a proof......He has yet to answer. needless to say, I will not bid on it.
Anybody: DO NOT bid on that coin! Instead PM me....I have hundreds of "proof" 09-VDB Lincolns that I will sell for only $100 each.
The seller in this auction is probably 11 years old. I remember when I was a 11 year old collector. I bought a whole group of highly polished Lincolns from a classmate. I remember that he stole them from his father. I thought that I struck it rich, since all of the coins were so shiny. I remember that I was certain that they were all proofs.....even the 1919 and the 1917. Man, according to the price guides, those babies where worth a fortune. I eventually sold them for about 1.5 cents each.
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The seller has a single feedback - he sold a dateless coin listed in the Standing Lib quarter category. The microscopic obverse photo could have been from an SLQ, but the reverse photo was of a Barber half. So I wouldn't presume the seller is qualified to determine whether a 1909 VDB Lincoln is a Matte proof.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
You have really got to know what you are doing when it comes to Matt Proof Lincoln cents. If you can't spot that the coin has the proper sharpness and rims, you could get stuck on this even you could see the coin in person. This is a coin that novice collectors should buy in slabs from the big three companies. Even some dealers get fooled by these coins.
You can't tell squat from the picture.
Camelot
In addition notice that the underbidder retracted his bid and then bid again.
Did he manage to get you to your max?
It looks like a set-up to me and I would retract my bid.
I don't see anything good coming out of this auction.
IMHO. Joe.
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It is a mule - standing liberty obverse and barber reverse.
I will bid a couple bucks - like an old friend once told me, he would pay a couple bucks to see a monkey piss on a rope.
It will be interesting to see if squealing retracts his bid and make you the high bidder.
Joe.
IMHO that is not a Matte Proof.Based on color and poor quality pic and only 1 feedback.DON"T BID.
Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
The seller in this auction is probably 11 years old. I remember when I was a 11 year old collector. I bought a whole group of highly polished Lincolns from a classmate. I remember that he stole them from his father. I thought that I struck it rich, since all of the coins were so shiny. I remember that I was certain that they were all proofs.....even the 1919 and the 1917. Man, according to the price guides, those babies where worth a fortune. I eventually sold them for about 1.5 cents each.
The bid is back to $76. (Of course we all knew that squealing bid was $75 after rd5425 retracted his bid)
I look forward to reading the feedback.
Joe.