Here's an odd eBay auction for a Mercury Dime

mercurydimeguy

Link to auction

It looks as thought the front picture was taken from a Heritage auction of a PCGS 1937-? Mercury Dime...and the rear from what I would guess a mid-20's (by the look of the strike) "s" mint mark Mercury Dime.

Both the front and back appear to be from a holder'd coin yet the seller doesn't mention a holder.

....thought I'd pass this on --- another interesting eBay auction.

Happy Holidays.

Regards,

Mike.

mercurydimeguy

...and here's another funny one:

This guy wins this auction (auction link) a couple of weeks ago for a slider 1924-S no bands Merc that the seller calls "A solid 65 Full Bands" -- the buyer gets the coin -- yikes!!!! -- puts it right back on eBay.

Now the buyer list this coin in his auction (auction link) and the grade suddently jumps to an MS66FB and "likely 67FB" -- wow a coin can go up a few grade points in 3 weeks -- and the price goes up by only $300 as well -- a STEAL!!!

...this is really funny to watch. I wonder if it's the same guy -- can't be -- no one is that obvious.

LucyBop

heh... funny...

marcmoish

the usual garbage scams - just hope that some good guys don't fall for it - if you look you can find this kind of garbage daily unfortunately - but I happenn to know Lucy will snipe the first one you mentioned



Marc

Deadhorse

<< <i>...and here's another funny one:

This guy wins this auction (auction link) a couple of weeks ago for a slider 1924-S no bands Merc that the seller calls "A solid 65 Full Bands" -- the buyer gets the coin -- yikes!!!! -- puts it right back on eBay.

Now the buyer list this coin in his auction (auction link) and the grade suddently jumps to an MS66FB and "likely 67FB" -- wow a coin can go up a few grade points in 3 weeks -- and the price goes up by only $300 as well -- a STEAL!!!

...this is really funny to watch. I wonder if it's the same guy -- can't be -- no one is that obvious. >>



Well now, here is an intresting development. He pulled the auction. I suspect somebody talked to him about the keyword spamming and perhaps the wild hyperbole about the grade and the "full bands" which it clearly isn't.

To top that off, get this; he has now made his feedback private. It wasn't private earlier today. Hmmm, that's never a good sign to prospective bidders.

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging. 100% positive and he decides to hide it? Bizarre. Wanna bet he'll be hiding his bidders list next.