WHAT? 1889 CC PROOF MORGAN SELLS FOR $104 ON E-BAY!

MapMaker · September 22, 2003 3:03AM

I am back from L.B. and will be sending Jeremy a couple of items as promised for his Charity auction.
This item is the same as one of them: Link
I trust that jeremy will be a little more honest when describing it for the charity auction.. It will be interseting to see the comments from message board members. Please post your comments on listing items with out disclosure of the word "COPY" on it?
Regards, MapMaker.

wallstreetman · September 22, 2003 3:09AM

Im in the wrong business!

JohnZ · September 22, 2003 3:09AM

Crap, that's a shame. Some newbie's probably getting screwed on it - all the bidding was private.

Still, people wouldn't get taken to the cleaners if they weren't greedy to begin with.

PhillyJoe · September 22, 2003 3:10AM

These are the $20 ones from TV. My fillings have more silver than this slug. But half a dozen people just had to have this one.

Joe

cherrypickincoin · September 22, 2003 3:14AM

I wouldn't even post that thing for a charity auction. All of those copies are a disgrace to numismatics. They don't even belong in the same category as coins, they belong with silver rounds. That seller should be hung by his ears. There is no reference to it being a copy and to a novice, it sounds like a legit deal by the words he used.

The Hobby Protection Act clearly states that if you want to introduce one of these junk rounds into commerce, you should do so by clearly engraving Copy on it and/or informing the party that it is a fake in some manner. He makes this sound like a legitimate coin and for that I think he's a coward that can't make a legitimate business deal.

Buyer beware! You should always learn the game before trying to play.

kranky · September 22, 2003 3:25AM

It would help a lot of Ebay didn't allow people to sell fakes in the same category as the genuine article.

Trooper · September 22, 2003 3:39AM

Here's one I posted awhile ago in a "gsa" case. A 1879CC.
He actually listed it as a GSA Proof 1879CC.
This was the pic the seller send because it wasn't posted on the auction.
One did sell for over $100, the other three were bought by a person with zero feedbacks who had a high bid of around
$100. I'm thinking the zero feedback bidder was not going to pay but I could be wrong.
Tom

billboat · September 22, 2003 4:41AM

This Ebay ripoff is a perennial favorite. Silver-clad base metal---People on the Ebay board rant and rave about fraud, deception, etc. while others take the buyer beware side of the discussion--this type auction will flourish as long as there are so many people out there with more money than brains. I must admit that the other auction with the "GSA Carson City" 100mil Silver Proof is a new one for me--quick, where do I send my money?!!!!.

MapMaker · September 22, 2003 6:36AM

<< <i>I wouldn't even post that thing for a charity auction. All of those copies are a disgrace to numismatics. They don't even belong in the same category as coins, they belong with silver rounds. That seller should be hung by his ears. There is no reference to it being a copy and to a novice, it sounds like a legit deal by the words he used.

The Hobby Protection Act clearly states that if you want to introduce one of these junk rounds into commerce, you should do so by clearly engraving Copy on it and/or informing the party that it is a fake in some manner. He makes this sound like a legitimate coin and for that I think he's a coward that can't make a legitimate business deal.

Buyer beware! You should always learn the game before trying to play. >>

I don't think there is any ethical problem if you clearly state it is a replica and is marked "copy"! The one I bought for $9.50 as a novelty item was clearly defined. I did see one sell on Ebay for $182.00 a couple of months ago that was not defined as a copy!
Regards, MapMaker.

Russ · September 22, 2003 7:21AM

Sorry, but I can't muster up much sympathy for the bidders in this auction. Unlike some of these sleazy sellers, this one provided an image of the reverse that is clearly marked copy.

Russ, NCNE

stujoe · September 22, 2003 8:14AM

Same thing I thought Russ. Do bidders not even look at pictures any more? I know many don't read descriptions but I thought they at least looked a the pictures...

Baley · September 22, 2003 8:36AM

people can collect whatever thay want, whether modern coins or modern replicas.

beartracks42 · September 22, 2003 9:12AM

The last 1889CC Proof Morgan on Ebay sold for $600 about a month or so ago. It's a shame that people get taken, but what's to be done, if Ebay does nothing?

Conder101 · September 23, 2003 2:54AM

<< <i>They don't even belong in the same category as coins, they belong with silver rounds. >>

I disagree, even silver rounds have more legitimacy than these things. At least they are actually silver and not just plated base metal.

abuell · September 23, 2003 3:01AM

<< <i>The last 1889CC Proof Morgan on Ebay sold for $600 about a month or so ago. It's a shame that people get taken, but what's to be done, if Ebay does nothing?

>>

Yea, like ebay put a gun to some greedy idiot's head and forced him to bid $600 for a $2 piece of crap! Yes, Virginia, there is justice in this world.

lordmarcovan · September 23, 2003 3:05AM

These things are pure crap and it never ceases to amaze me how much money the gullible will throw away on them, and other metallic turds of that ilk.

Funny how the crappier and more ersatz an item is, the more elaborate the "Certificate of Authenticity" is.

Authentic garbage. L@@K! LQQK! AUTHENTIC FAKE COIN! Sheesh.

WHAT? 1889 CC PROOF MORGAN SELLS FOR $104 ON E-BAY!

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