It is 1883 all over again

dbldie55

1883 GOLD COIN $5 CORONET HEAD HALF EAGLE UNGRADED UNCERTIFIED/PA ESTATE

MICHAELDIXON

Did you contact the seller?

dbldie55

Originally posted by: MICHAELDIXON

Did you contact the seller?

Yes, have not heard back yet.

AUandAG

I too, sent her a note. Perhaps she will now get the message and google

Racketeer Nickel.



bob

asheland

lkeigwin

It doesn't even have reeded edges. The good fakes do.

Lance.

OldEastside

heheheh WHAT........Too Soon

Steve

WillieBoyd2

Seller pulled the item from Ebay.

"This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing"

WillieBoyd2

FredWeinberg

You're Joshin' me !

MICHAELDIXON

Originally posted by: FredWeinberg
You're Joshin' me !

roadrunner

I too, sent her a note. Perhaps she will now get the message and google

Racketeer Nickel.



She did.



new auction with proper description - lesson learned



You are bidding on 1 (one) USA 1883 gold plated nickel,

this is not a gold piece.

Called a 'racketeer nickel',

as they took Liberty nickels of the year 1883

without the word 'cents' added

yet & gold plated them to pass off on unsuspecting suckers



I think this seller with 10,000+ feedbacks (100%) truly didn't know what this was. They had a regular $5 gold coin for sale as well. Dear old Mom played a trick on too-trusting Susie.

lordmarcovan

Yep. Honest mistake by an unknowing seller. Nice to see she corrected herself.

TopographicOceans

The scam that keeps on givin'

ricko

Fast action and correction.... looks as if it may well have been an honest error on the seller's part. Cheers, RickO

asheland

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan
Yep. Honest mistake by an unknowing seller. Nice to see she corrected herself.

TigersFan2

But is it a real racketeer nickel now that she has it listed as such?

AUandAG

No, it's not a "real racketeer" but just a copy of a copy of a racketeer, or some such.



bob

TigersFan2

Originally posted by: AUandAG
No, it's not a "real racketeer" but just a copy of a copy of a racketeer, or some such.

bob

Then I guess I better hope someone outbids me. My bid isn't too high and Ebay is full of people more gullible than me. Or I'll go withdraw my bid.

roadrunner

OK. It's a double racketeer nickel. If only those scammers in 1883 could have known it would still work 130 yrs later....lol.

thebeav

I've often thought about the people that were scammed by this back in the day. They couldn't just get on the 'net' and check things out. Newspapers weren't even so common that could have informed you of a new issue. That had to be a pretty hard hit in 1883....