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Would you bid on this 1916 Standing Liberty

ToneloverTonelover Posts: 1,554 ✭
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For you risk takers out there, anyone brave enough to bid on this 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter? The seller dont know anything about grades or anything like that so you'd be on your own.

1916 Auction

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  • wingedlibertywingedliberty Posts: 4,805 ✭✭✭
    I would never buy a raw 16 SLQ. , or any other key date that is not PCGS/NGC/ANACS certified.
  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No way. A coin like that raw, on eBay? Not a chance. Could be counterfeit. I don't buy raw on eBay. The question to be answered is:
    Why isn't a key coin like that in a holder?

    Cheers,

    Bob
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    I would never bid on it.

    I think the only way to absolutely verify the authenticity of a 16 SLQ is to buy it and mail it immediately to that guy who advertises in Coinworld who describes himself as the SLQ guy and who wears the same hat that Goldfinger did in the Bond movie of the same name.
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NFW

    Stuart

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  • Wolfy00002Wolfy00002 Posts: 471
    only if you gave me the money. send it over, and i'll let you know how it looks.image
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I might bid 25 cents. But in case the quarter aint a real one, I would

    lose my 25 cents equity.
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  • RCDBRCDB Posts: 388
    On EBAY, even if the seller knows about grades you are usually on your own with a few rare exceptions.
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  • longtimecollectorlongtimecollector Posts: 2,368 ✭
    I believe it is a cast copy ....... then polished and toned down slightly......... I believe you can see the edge seam in the obverse photo between 3 and 6 o'clock.............

    Methinks tis dubious
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  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    The amazing this is, I think it is a real 1916 quarter. It seems to have been pollished at some time. Still, I don't buy from people with a low feedback. It is too big a risk they will take you money and run. Ebay can't stop someone from using good pictures of a real coin to set up a fake auction.
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  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    Wait, I see the seam on the right side. It could be a cast copy of the real coin. It is not an altered 1917. The coin has the die characteristics of a 1916.
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    The seller had one previous sale on ebay - a raw 1916-D Merc.

    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.

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