What do you guys make of this closed eBay auction?

braddick · February 20, 2012 3:54AM

And the seller has already received raving, positive feedback!

"1794" Half Dime auction LINK

TAMU15 · February 20, 2012 3:55AM

ebay smh hahaha

Sonorandesertrat · February 20, 2012 4:01AM

Wow---those images scream 'replica'.

habaraca · February 20, 2012 4:09AM

how about his other auction for an 1793 cent with missing Clad layer....

coinkid855 · February 20, 2012 4:11AM

Some people have more money than brains....

-Paul

Shamika · February 20, 2012 4:18AM

SAY WHAT?????

oneor11 · February 20, 2012 4:19AM

Wow what a bargain. Look at those deep mirror fields. This is clearly the 1794 special strike...only 3 known. Clearly a bargain for $500.

I'm being sarcastic but I wonder if any of these listings that folks dismiss actually contain some long lost rarity heh.

Jacob

ldhair · February 20, 2012 4:23AM

The half dime looks like one of the old Gallery Mint products.

NewParadigm · February 20, 2012 4:33AM

seems legit

BillJones · February 20, 2012 4:48AM

<< <i>The half dime looks like one of the old Gallery Mint products. >>

No. this piece looks to be a lot smaller than that. It looks like one of those satirical "Nixon coins" that was issued during the 1970s.

At any rate the buyer is a fool for paying that much for this thing. He's down more than $545 if it's a small as I think it is, even if it's made of silver.

DennisH · February 20, 2012 5:04AM

Reported and reported.

airplanenut · February 20, 2012 5:12AM

<< <i>And the seller has already received raving, positive feedback! >>

It looks like the feedback was cut off and, from my guess, the buyer returned the item. Here it is:

"Top notch! First class all the way. Individual had a copy unbeknownst to him and"

I read that to say that the buyer realizes the seller didn't know the coin was a copy (a bit of a stretch, but go with it), and the seller handled things well after that. It's hard to believe that the seller wouldn't know this is fake, but the buyer deserves just as much criticism for thinking the coin real.