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UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I spent BIG money on this coin because it looked like it might be a "1 in the Neck" variety. It came today and was not. Obviously the picture shows a cleaned coin with some rim dents, what it doesn't show is that it is also bent. In addition, for $1.79 postage I got it in a regular envelope with a 41 cent stamp.

I'll put it in circulation today.

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I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    So, do you have a better picture of the coin that you could show?
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Guess it's rice and beans for a few weeks to recover from this one... image

    You got to "dream" about what could be for a lot longer than someone who buys a couple of lottery tickets and scratches off two more losers.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,129 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I spent BIG money on this coin because it looked like it might be a "1 in the Neck" variety. It came today and was not. Obviously the picture shows a cleaned coin with some rim dents, what it doesn't show is that it is also bent. In addition, for $1.79 postage I got it in a regular envelope with a 41 cent stamp.

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    Wow...I see you paid a total of $1.80 (which included s/h fees)...Not much of a gamble. Not even worthwhile loosing sleep over image
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭

    Sho' looks like a "1 in neck" by the pics in the auction. They didn't send you an alt. coin did they?

    Sorry for your substantial loss...........image I'll send you a fruitcake so you can make through the Holidays until you can get back on your feet.

    wes
    @ Elite CNC Routing & Woodworks on Facebook. Check out my work.
    Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
  • dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
    You should put it into circulation for some lucky YN to find.
    Positive BST transactions with: too many names to list! 36 at last count.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I spent BIG money on this coin because it looked like it might be a "1 in the Neck" variety. It came today and was not. Obviously the picture shows a cleaned coin with some rim dents, what it doesn't show is that it is also bent. In addition, for $1.79 postage I got it in a regular envelope with a 41 cent stamp.

    Link >>



    What a loser! image
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    You should start asking for donations to help recover from your loss. image
  • jfoot13jfoot13 Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I spent BIG money on this coin because it looked like it might be a "1 in the Neck" variety. It came today and was not. Obviously the picture shows a cleaned coin with some rim dents, what it doesn't show is that it is also bent. In addition, for $1.79 postage I got it in a regular envelope with a 41 cent stamp.

    Link >>



    WOW you ought to get a " YOU SUCK " award for that score .. you'll push that puppy out at 50 times what you paid for it and you can write off the excessive postage on your income tax.. image
    If you can't swim you better stay in the boat.......
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's what it really looks like. I guess with a few weeks of rice and beans we should overcome this loss. Of course, we'll have to forgo Christmas gifts for the kids.
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    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Well, I guess that's what you get when you buy dots on eBay... image
    Numismotography

    1/2 Cents

    U.S. Revenue Stamps

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Excuse me while I go find a few cull 1897 IHCs to damage in just the right location...
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    That probably makes you about the 78th person who has obtained it with the same hope. That mark is a heartbreaker.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    haha, fun post. it sure did look like a 1 in the neck from the ebay pics.
    thanks for sharing. we all take these types of risks sometimes.
  • AngryTurtleAngryTurtle Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭
    2 bids to get to $.01, so if you hadnt sniped it the 1st bidder would have gotten it for $.00 ?image
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Send him a fruitcake.... I dare you !
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I'd be tempted to destroy this sucker so no one could get fooled by it again.
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭

    That dot'll get you everytime. I would have bought it if i would have seen it, thinking it was what you thought it was.

    @ Elite CNC Routing & Woodworks on Facebook. Check out my work.
    Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey.. I like rice and beans... especially cajun style. image Cheers, RickO
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,835 ✭✭✭
    Sometimes the big gambles pay off and sometimes they don't. image

    Do we need to start a fund for you until you are back on your feet financially?

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    etexmike
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Different variety.imageimage

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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am also a member of the One In Neck strikeout club. I though I cherried one on a poor picture on Ebay a few months ago as well. Mine turned out to be a well placed toning spot on a piece of garbage wizzed AU coin.

    JJ
    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is pretty funny. I emailed the seller to let him know that he should have noted that the coin was bent. He offered me a refund (less S&H).
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • MRKMRK Posts: 204


    << <i>Different variety.imageimage

    image >>



    Ouch! The steak knife in neck variety! I actually gambled on a coin last week and won. I paid $2.00 shipping, and when the box arrived, the coin was wrapped in toilet paper and stuffed inside of the cardboard roll. Actual shipping cost was $4.60 so I made $2.60 and have some extra toilet paper to use.

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