You learn somthing new every day
helionaut
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Actually, today I learned two things. First, I learned that I'm about to make $100 or so form a coin (wha?) Check this out:
Variant Wisconsin Quarters
I found that my piggy bank contained a "leaf up" variation. Wheeee! Second, in listing it on ebay (plugplug), I was confronted with this ominous warning just above the submit button:
Attention Sellers:
Are you confident the coin or paper money you are listing is authentic? Are you aware it is against eBay policy to sell fraudulent currency?
eBay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any coin, paper money, or any numismatic-related item listed if eBay believes the listing is inconsistent with the selling guidelines set by the American Numismatic Association, or inconsistent with eBay’s goals of promoting the hobby and maintaining a safe trading environment.
eBay strongly recommends that sellers include all relevant information known about the coin or paper money, including any alterations the seller believes may have been made to the item, and include a clear scanned image of the actual item.
Please help us make eBay an even safer place to trade.
Click here for a new window with more information on selling coin and paper money related items on eBay
By clicking the submit button, you are confirming that the item you are about to list is properly described and genuine.
Why don't all auctions have this warning? Or do they? I haven't sold in a few weeks, so maybe it's just new. This is tailored to numismatic auctions, but they could have one for everything. It certainly won't deter hardcore scammers, but it might scare off a few pranksters.
Variant Wisconsin Quarters
I found that my piggy bank contained a "leaf up" variation. Wheeee! Second, in listing it on ebay (plugplug), I was confronted with this ominous warning just above the submit button:
Attention Sellers:
Are you confident the coin or paper money you are listing is authentic? Are you aware it is against eBay policy to sell fraudulent currency?
eBay reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any coin, paper money, or any numismatic-related item listed if eBay believes the listing is inconsistent with the selling guidelines set by the American Numismatic Association, or inconsistent with eBay’s goals of promoting the hobby and maintaining a safe trading environment.
eBay strongly recommends that sellers include all relevant information known about the coin or paper money, including any alterations the seller believes may have been made to the item, and include a clear scanned image of the actual item.
Please help us make eBay an even safer place to trade.
Click here for a new window with more information on selling coin and paper money related items on eBay
By clicking the submit button, you are confirming that the item you are about to list is properly described and genuine.
Why don't all auctions have this warning? Or do they? I haven't sold in a few weeks, so maybe it's just new. This is tailored to numismatic auctions, but they could have one for everything. It certainly won't deter hardcore scammers, but it might scare off a few pranksters.
WANTED:
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs
Nothing on ebay
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs
Nothing on ebay
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As for the ebat warning
that warning is for numismatic items
Autograph auctions get somthing simialr
Steve
one: leaf down - an extra leaf folding down to the left
two: leaf up - looks like a leaf folding upward on left
three: no extra leaf on the left
here's my guess as to why: I think that they pressed the extra leaf down, thought it was too crowded adn removed it, only to have forgotten the upper edge. creating the appearance of an upward-turned leaf, someone saw it and erased that line and you get the no-leaf version.
i saw an article on it as well last week here in SCar, and looked on EBay...saw one guy listed all 3 versions and compared them. As far as i have seen noone has really IDed the rarity of any version - it could be 1/3 each making none rare... but people are paying $1-1.25 for a quarter, even in large lots... wish them luck.