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ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 16, 2021 12:02PM in U.S. Coin Forum

this listing popped up and being a professional photographer I could not stop laughing, OMG :D:#>:)

https://ebay.com/itm/403359359713?hash=item5dea1762e1:g:AesAAOSwTwJhu4VH

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  • moursund
    moursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Mercury dime, right? :tongue:

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  • moursund
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    Post it as a GTG. Or maybe GTD. :tongue:

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  • cmerlo1
    cmerlo1 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You'd think they would've looked at the photo and said "too blurry, I can't use it".

    Not trying to hijack your thread but I found this one earlier and didn't start a thread here because it isn't coin related:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/125015787802?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2763.l2649

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  • jesbroken
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    Nobody at the mint thought to focus the press? Terrible lack of skill.
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  • Namvet69
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    I think it's called a beauty lens or too much petroleum jelly. Peace Roy

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  • moursund
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    @Namvet69 said:
    I think it's called a beauty lens or too much petroleum jelly. Peace Roy

    George Washingtons of petroleum jelly from his head...

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  • braddick
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    The photo is sharp and in focus.
    I think eBay is blurry.

  • WaterSport
    WaterSport Posts: 7,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There are crappy eBay photos, and there is this....

    WS

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  • ctf_error_coins
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    @WaterSport said:
    There are crappy eBay photos, and there is this....

    WS

    Indeed, I believe these are the worst set of photos I have seen in 25 years of searching Ebay :o

  • moursund
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    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @WaterSport said:
    There are crappy eBay photos, and there is this....

    WS

    Indeed, I believe these are the worst set of photos I have seen in 25 years of searching Ebay :o

    I wonder if someone is experimenting with automating the entire eBay listing process, including photography... 🤔

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  • braddick
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  • sumdunce
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    This is a really tough GTG!

    I am going to say 1956 Washington Proof 67.

  • moursund
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    @sumdunce said:
    This is a really tough GTG!

    I am going to say 1956 Washington Proof 67.

    .
    That is clearly 1955. Or maybe not...

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  • moursund
    moursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @sumdunce said:
    This is a really tough GTG!

    I am going to say 1956 Washington Proof 67.

    ... or Might be Washington 80 Proof... :grin:

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  • PerryHall
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    Did anyone send a message to the seller requesting better pics? If so, what kind of response did you get?

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  • gumby1234
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    Even my pics aren't that bad.

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  • 2ltdjorn
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    sometimes the photography is laughable. sometimes the astronomical asking prices are.

    WTB... errors, New Orleans gold, and circulated 20th key date coins!
  • Jimnight
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    :|

  • Kurisu
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    @ErrorsOnCoins
    Minting a coin with missed focus is master level engraving skill rarely seen!
    Full disclosure...pro photographer here too...and it made me snort thank you lol!

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  • Herb_T
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    I had a “conversation” today with an eBay seller. I asked for clear photos of what he was selling. He asked what’s wrong with the photos. I told him his exposure and focus were terrible. He made the comment that he was tired of losing money on his eBay sales. That would be where I would start to stop the losses and turn them into profits!

  • d9lowe
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    Who knows, could be a gem!

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    One of the many reasons I do not seek coins on ebay anymore.... Poor photography, scams, lots of trash, and did I mention scams? Cheers, RickO

  • ElmerFusterpuck
    ElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess you guys missed out on this bargain, it's obviously the very scarce 1943 doubled die obverse! Or a 1969 25c struck on a 5c planchet. Or a Daniel Carr fantasy broadstrike. Or...

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  • WAYNEAS
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    :s
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  • BStrauss3
    BStrauss3 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    New type of error - photographed through grease.

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  • MsMorrisine
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    @BStrauss3 said:
    New type of error - photographed through grease.

    excellent

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  • Type2
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    Who is going to roll the dice and buy it? Lol not me



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  • charlesf20
    charlesf20 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
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    Ended.

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 18, 2021 3:56AM
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    @PerryHall said:
    Did anyone send a message to the seller requesting better pics? If so, what kind of response did you get?

    I guess no one here asked the seller for better pics. :/

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  • WillieBoyd2
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    If you can't see the coin clearly then you need glasses.

    :)

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  • mlittle
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    Looks like an MS70 to me, but I don't have my glasses on.

  • moursund
    moursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @mlittle said:
    Looks like an MS70 to me, but I don't have my glasses on.

    Agreed... No marks visible even under magnification!

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