What are the chances this is a valid eBay auction for 1945-S war nickel?

sinin1

What do you think? too many red flags?

1945-S PCGS MS67FS on eBay

I asked the seller for all the numbers above the coin as the reverse photo looks like an NGC slab


the numbers were good, but I checked and someone has in their registry set

the PCGS price guide has this at $6200

Leiana

The obverse and reverse don't even look like they are from the same coin.

-Amanda

SilverEagles92

<< <i>The obverse and reverse don't even look like they are from the same coin.

-Amanda >>

millennium

I wouldn't worry...the bidder isn't going to pay anyway...I suspect.

1921obsession

My money says it's a known troll activating a dormant account, with a shill to get the bidding started.

STONE

Doubtful. He is even charging a minimum of $14 for shipping.

We would need the who PCGS label pic.

NIckelCollector

This is a pop 4 coin - I know where two are Just Having Fun has one and I have another.

coinman420

i asked the seller if he could email a pic of the label an hour ago and no response yet.

LindeDad

Interesting that seller and bidder are both 0 feedback persons.

Peaceman

Anyone notice the reverse pic is not from a PCGS slab....

Steve27

Obverse pic appears to be from a PCGS slab, while the reverse pic appears to be from a NGC slab:

BobaFett72

Zero feedback seller, zero feedback high bidder. Sham coin, sham auction. Chances are......GOoD! 100%... fake

Shamika

I would never buy an expensive coin from a zero feedback bidder.

Louis

<< <i>I would never buy an expensive coin from a zero feedback bidder. >>

majorbigtime

Hey, is this the Bogus thread?

sinin1

the seller - tommytime8 has had the account for about 53 weeks but no activity until now

the current high bidder - armanijewelz has had the account less than a week and this is only auction bid on

I asked the seller for the numbers above the coin and they answered with this

84027.67/71116340


I checked the number and it is valid but when I tried adding it to my set - PCGS said it already is in a set and wouldn't let me



I guess since they don't accept PAYPAL, I'll pass

Steve27

Yep, the number checks-out:

COIN INFORMATION
Cert Verification #: 71116340
Date, mintmark: 1945-S
Denomination: 5C
Variety: N/A
Pedigree:
Country: The United States of America
Grade: MS67FS

sinin1

I found were they got the info

Jan 12, 2005 Heritage Signature sale
Heritage link

they probably photo cropped the photos from there as well

looks like the chances of being legit auction are none