Strange to be an eBay member for two years with a zero feedback rating.
For what it's worth, the PCGS database shows that the cert number shown is indeed for an MS-66 1848-O eagle. That doesn't necessarily prove it, but it gets this one past "obvious scam" territory.
It could be legit. But there's no way in Hades I auction off a $300K coin with a zero feedback rating even if I had the goods and was totally honest. A reputable auction house could take 10-15% and still get you more money in your pocket because of the reputation and trust the marketplace would have in them.
The images sure are rough for a coin that's the highest graded (by 2 grades!). But the contact info matches a real estate agent for Keller Williams Realty in Midwest City, OK.
Well it has one of the old style labels that could be counterfeited. Zero feedback, and has been on ebay for 2 years. that is really hard to believe.
Actually, being suspicious, I bet the photo is of a real coin in a real holder, probably blurred a bit in Photoshop. Heck it might even be a photo out of the registry itself. I'd bet that he'll take the money and run to Rio De Janero, as soon as the check clears. I'd like to watch and see someone get $300,000 in USPO money orders myself. That would be more fun than buying the coin itself.
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rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
-YN Currently Collecting & Researching Colonial World Coins, Especially Spanish Coins, With a Great Interest in WWII Militaria.
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For what it's worth, the PCGS database shows that the cert number shown is indeed for an MS-66 1848-O eagle. That doesn't necessarily prove it, but it gets this one past "obvious scam" territory.
It could be legit. But there's no way in Hades I auction off a $300K coin with a zero feedback rating even if I had the goods and was totally honest. A reputable auction house could take 10-15% and still get you more money in your pocket because of the reputation and trust the marketplace would have in them.
Russ, NCNE
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Zero feedback, and has been on ebay for 2 years. that is really hard to believe.
Actually, being suspicious, I bet the photo is of a real coin in a real holder, probably blurred a bit in Photoshop.
Heck it might even be a photo out of the registry itself.
I'd bet that he'll take the money and run to Rio De Janero, as soon as the check clears.
I'd like to watch and see someone get $300,000 in USPO money orders myself.
That would be more fun than buying the coin itself.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
<< <i>Well it has one of the old style labels that could be counterfeited. >>
This is not the PCGS variety that was counterfeited.
<< <i>I wonder what the ebay fees are on a $295,000 item. >>
It's unlikely it'll sell, so his only cost is the insertion fee which is $4.80.
Russ, NCNE