Homework: write a bizzare Ebay description to sell a junky coin...
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Creative writing/imagination for Ebay coin sellers.
Required reading: "William of Occam (or Ockham) (1284-1347) was an English philosopher and theologian. In his writings, Occam stressed the Aristotelian principle that entities must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. This principle became known as Occam's (or Ockham's) Razor or the law of parsimony. A problem should be stated in its basic and simplest terms. In science, the simplest theory that fits the facts of a problem is the one that should be selected."
Homework Write an ebay listing for your junky coin. Expound upon your coin's most mundane features and damage....make them seem like extremely rare & desirable traits. For example, a holed coin is NOT a "holed coin"....it is an "Extremely unusual coin with weight adjustment marks." A battered half dollar is NOT a common AG coin....it is a "Ghostly haunted coin in a jar. Must be sold because it's making me uneasy."
Ok, good luck. In the meantime sing along with me (you'll know this song if you have young children):
"Down by the (e)bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
"Did you ever sell a flying dime
surely that's a crime
Down by the (e)bay?"
Required reading: "William of Occam (or Ockham) (1284-1347) was an English philosopher and theologian. In his writings, Occam stressed the Aristotelian principle that entities must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. This principle became known as Occam's (or Ockham's) Razor or the law of parsimony. A problem should be stated in its basic and simplest terms. In science, the simplest theory that fits the facts of a problem is the one that should be selected."
Homework Write an ebay listing for your junky coin. Expound upon your coin's most mundane features and damage....make them seem like extremely rare & desirable traits. For example, a holed coin is NOT a "holed coin"....it is an "Extremely unusual coin with weight adjustment marks." A battered half dollar is NOT a common AG coin....it is a "Ghostly haunted coin in a jar. Must be sold because it's making me uneasy."
Ok, good luck. In the meantime sing along with me (you'll know this song if you have young children):
"Down by the (e)bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
"Did you ever sell a flying dime
surely that's a crime
Down by the (e)bay?"
"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes"--Hugh Downs
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Fine Print: Junior Coin traders offers no guarentee to the grading and accuracy of the description above, nor do we promise the low price of $200 at Crap-U-Slab, but it probally be closer to $500 and still a better deal than any other company, but don't take my word for it, submit to them yourselves.
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"L@@K! Beatiful Moon Cent. Seldom seen commemorative that's cratered just like the Moon. Perhaps this very coin was sitting on someone's coffee table while on a nearby television, PBS played 15-3/4 year-old videotape of the Apollo moon landing.
Also, it's educational! Spend hour's with the kids identifying all of the moon's craters on this coin. Great teaching tool! Highly unusual similarity to the moon... both are round!
Special BONUS! If you BUY IT NOW, I'll mail the coin to you immediately. It will be specially scotch-taped to a piece of notebook paper inside a No. 9 envelope, and mailed with insufficient postage...a 20 year old Moon commemorative stamp! Buy with confidence!"
This piece deserves the grade it has received. Super clean, fully struck and no spots.
Which reminds me. You need to know something....about spots. They can be small but when it comes to your eyes, they are like black holes....sucking at your eyeballs with their gravitational pull, especially when it comes to things made in the recent past like this coin. While you probably should be able to suffer with a few spots on a small eagle reversed bust half, on Indian head cents they are death itself. You see a coin, it has a spot on it, you think it's pretty small, and you don?t really notice the slight tug on your cornea. You buy it. You bring it home and as the months go by, you notice that when you walk into the room where the coin is, you feel that tug without actually even seeing the coin. You find it and pick it up and soon the only thing you can see is the spot.
"Why did I buy that coin! Oh poor stupid me! Why, oh why! Oh no.......now I remember....it was cheap!!! ...and the spot seemed oh so small.......AHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"Oh, my goodness.......that Anaconda dude warned me in one of his dumb write ups...he seemed like such an elitist bee esser..........rabbiting on all day about quality and eye appeal..........oh the agony of it.......I am such a moron.....when am I going to learn!!"
"I am never going to show this coin to anyone!!!!!!! I know what I'll do.....I'll put it in an auction and sell it unreserved and then it will become someone else's problem.....I'll take a bath on it but I can't stand it any longer!!!!!!!!"
MYSTERY COIN! I picked up this early date large cent in the distant past. It may well be a 1794 starred reverse which in AU would be worth a fortune. You can tell it is genuine by the etched markings that result from its 200 year plus existance on this earth. As opposed to some museum piece, this is a down to earth commerce coin. From its early minting its wear evidences that it has been used and exchanged between hundreds if not thousands of the colonists and early citizens of this great country while contributing as a tangible piece of the economy of our early nation. Who knows, George Washington himself may have had this very coin in the same satchel he had in earlier years reached in to grab the dollar that he threw across the Delaware! It is yours for $500. The history that goes with it is free!
Anybody still have that saved. It's been a year or two. I might be crazy
The coin is a good luck charm. I used it the other day to scrach off a lottery ticket and won $10,000 (insert fake lottery ticket purchased from novelity store, yes they work great but you feel bad afterwords).
The only catch is it can only be used once and then you must give it to someone else, which is why I'm willing to part with it. Good luck to the next winner....err ....owner.
2003 Proof cent with DISSAPEARING 3 in the date. Rare mint proof error coin that has a vanishing 3 when viewed at the correct angle. This is an uncommmon error that is hard to find in the MS65 and higher grades. I am not a grader but I believe this coin will grade MS65 or better. The mint erroneously left these coins in 2003 proof sets. Get yours now before they are gone. They are already making 2004 coins. These are WHITE HOT sellers. I can not keep them in stock. Amaze your friends with the vanishing 3 trick. They will wonder how you did it. Great for partys or around the office. This is a last opportuniy for a modern proof error coin as the mint is getting better with quality control all of the time. LOW S&H of $8.00 plus MANDATORY insurance of $7.50.
Eye Popping Appeal!!!
Have you ever had the chance to poke your eye out?
WOW! KILLER! L@@K! TONED! MONSTER T-2BUFF!!
Item # 1262322467
Coins:Coins: US:Nickels:Buffalo (1913-38)
Coins:Coins: US:General
Currently $11,601.63 First bid $0.01
Quantity 1 # of bids 70 bid history
Time left 4 hours, 34 mins +
Location Alabama
Country USA
Started Aug-05-01 19:24:35 PDT mail this auction to a friend
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No reserve, bidding starts @ 1¢, a real auction! This coin came from an Estate Sale. I dont know nothing about coins but this was found in my neighbor's Granddaddie's attic in one of several large 55 gallon drums. He also has a buried semi-truck full of old coins somewhere on the property but we have been unable to locate it. He only buried them by the light of the new moon in months ending in R. He was very secretive because he was under investigation by the IRS & ATF for making Moonshine so no one was able to observe his nocturnal activities. He didn't believe in banks or paper money so he converted his paycheck to coins which he hid on his property. He earned few paychecks but rather earned his money 50¢ at a time from selling pints to the local speakeasy. He also did this to to keep Granny from spending it all. When we find this treasure cache we will list them here so bookmark my auctions so you won't miss out on this once in a lifetime oportunity to buy some rare and valuable coins!************************ Now for the coin: What we have here and what you are bidding on could be a rare valuable and highly sought after coin highly valued by descriminating collectors. It might be 1914/3 overdate worth $6,000 in MS-63. It could be a VERY VALUABLE 1918/7 D overdate with the mintmark removed worth $75,000 in Mint State 64. It might also be a Proof. Proofs are very rare, expensive and beautiful coins. My buddy Sammy the Snake that hangs out on the corner of 5th & 6th St examined it and thinks it may be the rare 1937-D 3 legged Buffalo but some well meaning soul removed the D and used the metal to make the Buffalo a new leg. Just close your eyes and go back in time..........what if the Great Indian Warrior Chief whose picture is on it used this very coin to buy a shot of firewater to calm his nerves before a great battle? Maybe he used it to buy some new arrows for his bow & arrow. It might have rattled around in the pockets of some famous person. It might have been in a famous place and seen many things! Oh, but if only this coin could speak the tales it would speak of!!! I dont know nothing about coins and I dont know nothing about grading them but if this coin hadnt been used so much and treated with Nic-A-Date it would certianly grade Mint State 70 by the highly respected grading companies of PCGS, NGC, MCGS, ICG, ANACS, PCI, SEGS or even ACG. YOU be the judge!! As usual I have free insured shipping but if the bidding goes over $1,000 please add $10 for Registered Mail. However I can't offer my usual generous return policy because you saw the picture and know what it looks like.*****************I would also like to credit my friends at PCGS's message board who let me in on their favorite descripitions for eBay auctions.
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On Aug-06-01 at 00:44:29 PDT, seller added the following information:
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There was a third similar thread (I think, I'm not certain) somewhere on the PCGS boards, around May 2003. but I couldn't find it.
"This is a magical 1804 half cent. I was sitting at my desk admiring her beauty and she started talking to me! She told me how Thomas Jefferson was her first owner when he was President of the United States and how he admired her when she was first struck in Philadelphia. He was there for her striking! This coin might not talk for you, as you might not hear voices and need Prozak or maybe she just won't like you and want to talk to you!!"
Thanksgiving National Battlefield Coin Show is November 29-30, 2024 at the Eisenhower Allstar Sportsplex, Gettysburg, PA. Tables are available. WWW.AmericasCoinShows.com
No coin, no grade, no nothing!
Bidding starts at $1000.
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