I got suckered. Picture sleuths - can you find where the seller got his pic?

jonathanb

Eh, it was about time I got suckered while looking for a score. Oh, well.

Can anyone figure out where the seller got their pics from? All of the nice Columbian halves I could find online had blue/green toning. The red toning in this picture seems to be unusual.

Seller's pics:


What I actually received:

blu62vette

Wow, so close except the wear and lack of color. It looks like a proof I shot but on the proof the blue goes around the coin.

blu62vette

OK looking closer the sellers image is of a NGC PF68* example, not sure where the images came from but maybe that helps.

sinin1

are you sure they are different?


the mark after the '189' in the date looks the same

determined

Seller's name?

BigE

The seller sent you the wrong coin if you were supposed to get the top one, dont understand why it matters where the pic came from. An obvious case of bait and switch------BigE

crypto79

<< <i>are you sure they are different?


the mark after the '189' in the date looks the same >>


clever, took me a sec

Shamika

<< <i>OK looking closer the sellers image is of a NGC PF68* example, not sure where the images came from but maybe that helps. >>



Here's a past sale of the only NGC PF68* example. The images are different however.

jonathanb

Here is the coin that blu64vette was referring to. It's clearly the same coin. It's also clearly not the same picture -- and not just a matter of juicing the image, either, since the lighting is different.

Nice to know what what coin was pictured. I'm still a little curious that I can't find the source of the seller's pics. Usually I'm good at that sort of thing...

jonathan

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Quarternut

Gee with one being an 1892 (the one pictured by the seller) and the one received being an 1893...

perhaps they mixed up the coins they were selling? (I hate always trying to look for the good in people)

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mikeyg

I dont believe that with all the responders only one saw two different dates on these coins.NOT THE SAME COIN RETURN IT

mumu

At least the shipping wasnt delayed.

Placid

Can I get a link to the eBay auction so I can add the seller to my do not buy from list?

Smittys

Does the listing say a 1892 or 1893
if it says 1893 then it's no bait and switch
it's wishful thinking

lcoopie

a criminal at work

AngryTurtle

<< <i>At least the shipping wasnt delayed. >>


Almost got me to spit out my morning coffee with this one!

messydesk

I assume evil twins Neg and Snad have been summoned from the deep and dispatched to this seller.

lcoopie

I wouldn't put it past the seller to say that
you switched the coin
and returned a different coin.

sinin1

I suspect the pics were snagged from a closed auction - similar to this



but since the guy snagged the pics before he started his auction

and we are looking after his coin is delivered, we no longer can find the picture on eBay
I didn't even find your auction



the bait and switch reference is to a seller who intentionally was trying to mislead,
I suspect this seller is just an idiot who found a picture similar to what his looked like
and does not know coins so is unaware of difference
heck, they didn't even get the date right

I did notice that, my remark to the mark after the 189 in the date
clearly showed the 3 versus the 2

notwilight

So you liked the look of the Bingham PF68. This might have appeared a little too good to be true.

Does the seller sell coins regularly? If not, they may have thought "they're all alike" snagged the first photo they found online, didn't even know there was a possibility of different dates, and thought theirs was better because it was still shiny instead of all tarnished. --Jerry

MsMorrisine

SNAD, return policy or not, you're getting your money back.

BigE

<< <i>I suspect the pics were snagged from a closed auction - similar to this



but since the guy snagged the pics before he started his auction

and we are looking after his coin is delivered, we no longer can find the picture on eBay
I didn't even find your auction



the bait and switch reference is to a seller who intentionally was trying to mislead,
I suspect this seller is just an idiot who found a picture similar to what his looked like
and does not know coins so is unaware of difference
heck, they didn't even get the date right

I did notice that, my remark to the mark after the 189 in the date
clearly showed the 3 versus the 2 >>





Sinn, funny you should post a pic of that Columbian, its being offered on e-bay for 1000.00, but can be bought for 778.00 and not by doing the "best offer" deal either---------BigE

yellowkid

And the seller is????

sinin1

BigE, the coin I linked looks like a nice coin

sold on eBay a couple weeks ago


for $17, nice mark-up if I can get it for only $778 discounted from $1000

BigE

Oops, I thought it was this one,



my mistake Text


Heritage coin

AngryTurtle

Stock photo?

EagleEye

The PR-68 Blu62vette referred to sold for $42,550 in the Heritage ANA sale in 2002, lot 5065.


I don't think it is the same coin

The one you got is worth $15.

jonathanb

I was hoping for a score and I didn't get it. Live by the rip; die by the rip.

The seller listed it strange and said they knew nothing about coins. And this was the only coin they were selling, so I imagine they really don't know anything about coins. I'll deal with them. I'm not getting worked up about it.

The only reason I posted was to see if anyone could find the original picture. It's a nice picture, if a bit small. I imagine there are other interesting things to look at on whatever site the original picture came from.

(If nothing else, blu62vette already identified the actual coin and pointed me to Gregg's registry set. Thats a cool set that I enjoyed looking at, even if it wasn't the source for the original picture.)