Mystery Solved...Same 1807 Bust Half, 2 Ebay auctions, 2 different sellers...

PQMorgans

http://cgi.ebay.com/1807-capped-bust-half-a-dollar-VERY-RARE-MUST-HAVE_W0QQitemZ290156486931QQihZ019QQcategoryZ11969QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140152701454&indexURL=1&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

AU58WALKERS

1807 #1
1807 #2

Same coin, different sellers, same stae....HMMMMMMMMM.

tightbudget

The second one looks to be the fake one. Why is there a reserve for a scam? That seems quite odd...

djdilliodon

They are both the same coin to my eyes. They both have the same dig in the field and that funny looking 8. Also the toning is indentical. I feel bad for people who bid on these

PQMorgans

I repeorted it to ebay late last night /early this morning. Let's see what they do.

ziggy29

<< <i>The second one looks to be the fake one. Why is there a reserve for a scam? That seems quite odd... >>

That is unusual. Scammers usually operate by trying to get people to think they got a bargain.

jobiwan115

I sent a question/comment to the seller of the 1st one, advising him of the 2nd auction. Nice bust half, too bad I've been spending too much on my Morgan collection lately.

VTCoins

<< <i>They are both the same coin to my eyes. They both have the same dig in the field and that funny looking 8. Also the toning is indentical. I feel bad for people who bid on these >>



What tipped me off is that both auctions have the same pictures.

2ndCharter

Well, the second seller has a feedback of 2 for selling used books and clothes - plus he's from Boca Raton which is enough in itself to scare me away.

Bmarkers

Seller of the 2nd coin added this.


On Sep-01-07 at 10:44:04 PDT, seller added the following information:

I want to appoligise these two pictures that were put in to my ebay were taken from google because i could not take a good picture of the coin because my camera was being fixed....ive put on real photos of the coin to show u all that i am indeed a true seller ...again i appoligise for any inconvience,...

jobiwan115

UPDATE: I've heard back from the seller of #1, and he was quite appreciative of my alert. He contacted the other seller, who added some (pathetic) images of his coin, which is in fact different:

From seller #2's revised listing: "I want to appoligise these two pictures that were put in to my ebay were taken from google because i could not take a good picture of the coin because my camera was being fixed....ive put on real photos of the coin to show u all that i am indeed a true seller ...again i appoligise for any inconvience,..."

Seller #1: "I assume the old images have not been removed yet.

I assure you all, I have the pictured coin next to me, and would be willing to take a picture with it and today's newspaper behind it!
Thanks for the heads up. We'll get to the bottom of this!
Russau2"

It appears seller 2, being new to selling coins on the Bay, didn't think there was any harm in using "stock photos" for his auction. Hopefully his new-found education takes hold!

Edited to add: Upon receiving my invitation, seller #1 has joined our motley crew here; just waiting to be approved.

PQMorgans

Ahhhh, to be a newbie....I never would have thought of this scenerio. Glad it got straighten out...

edmerlr

Looking at the new pictures (of the correct coin) on Seller #2's listing (they are on the link for coin #2 posted above) I cannot tell - because the photos are so bad - if this is a real 1807 or another Bogie.

1807 Bogies have been so common as of late that I am totally gun-shy.

Because he has cancelled the listing above. I'll see if I can find the re-list and I hope it has better photos.

Ed R.