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It is 1883 all over again

dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
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1883 GOLD COIN $5 CORONET HEAD HALF EAGLE UNGRADED UNCERTIFIED/PA ESTATE
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    MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did you contact the seller?
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    dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: MICHAELDIXON

    Did you contact the seller?




    Yes, have not heard back yet.

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,030 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I too, sent her a note. Perhaps she will now get the message and google

    Racketeer Nickel.



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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It doesn't even have reeded edges. The good fakes do.

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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    heheheh WHAT........Too Soon image

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Seller pulled the item from Ebay.

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

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You're Joshin' me !
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    MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: FredWeinberg
    You're Joshin' me !


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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,020 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep. Honest mistake by an unknowing seller. Nice to see she corrected herself.

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    TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    The scam that keeps on givin'
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fast action and correction.... looks as if it may well have been an honest error on the seller's part. Cheers, RickO
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lordmarcovan
    Yep. Honest mistake by an unknowing seller. Nice to see she corrected herself.


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    TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    But is it a real racketeer nickel now that she has it listed as such?
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,030 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, it's not a "real racketeer" but just a copy of a copy of a racketeer, or some such.



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    TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    Originally posted by: AUandAG
    No, it's not a "real racketeer" but just a copy of a copy of a racketeer, or some such.

    bobimage


    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.
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK. It's a double racketeer nickel. If only those scammers in 1883 could have known it would still work 130 yrs later....lol.
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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,103 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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....
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