Suspicious looking 1916-D Mercury Dime -- Altered 1936-D?

Connecticoin · March 17, 2008 6:12AM

Actually, looks like a rather schlock alteration -- incredibly it has 14 bids up to $530. But you know what P.T. Barnum said . . . . .

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GoldenEyeNumismatics · March 17, 2008 6:19AM

yep, bogus

techeff · March 17, 2008 6:21AM

I think the other 16-D he has up for auction is real, but this one is bogus...

pmac · March 17, 2008 6:23AM

Even in the photo it looks like a '36.

coinmickey · March 17, 2008 6:29AM

We at buyerselite are not graders or authenticaters so please do not ask me to say whether this or any other coin we sell is authentic or if you think our grades ar too high or too low as it is only our opinion on such coins....As with all our auctions all estate items are sold as is with no returns and I mean dont even ask because the answer is NO!

'Nuff said...

cmerlo1 · March 17, 2008 6:31AM

They used the e-word...that's enough for me to pass even without seeing the coin.

guitarwes · March 17, 2008 6:31AM

<< I think the other 16-D he has up for auction is real, but this one is bogus... >>

yep

Newcomp103 · March 17, 2008 6:31AM

Doesn't look right!

gummibear · March 17, 2008 6:33AM

That guy is a total crook. I once bought a morgan he listed as dmpl years ago. He sent me one that was dmpl obverse. This was back when no photo was not uncommon. It was slabbed by one of those companies that would list it that way on the slab. He claimed he didn't know coins and it said DMPL. Then claimed it was consigned so he couldn't do anything. I battled with the shmuck for months and lost some of my money on the deal. He was new to ebay then and I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. He clearly rips off as many people as possible, just look at the rating. I ran out of time trying to negotiate with him and missed my chance to neg him. He should be taken out and shot.

commoncents123 · March 17, 2008 6:38AM

has anyone ever considered teaching one of these scammers a lesson and doing a big chargeback on them? i get sick of seeing that sort of crap

last year sometime i got scammed on a "proof" indian from a guy in i think it was north carolina...by the time the coin arrived the paint was chipping off to reveal an AU coin

codamyer · March 17, 2008 6:43AM

I see that Bogus Bob is selling another altered coin!

doh · March 17, 2008 6:47AM

Reported. And I e-mailed the seller. It's always fun to read the responses.

commoncents123 · March 17, 2008 6:48AM

<< Reported. And I e-mailed the seller. It's always fun to read the responses. >>

if you get a response, post it here

tahoe98 · March 17, 2008 6:51AM

ah the bay

koynekwest · March 17, 2008 7:04AM

I sent this message to this dishonest seller. We'll see what his reply is. Of late I've seen an obvious non-proof 1936 Buffalo sell for $800 and a number of obviously altered 3 legged Buffs that sold for several hundred dollars. These ignorant buyers must assume a lot of the responsibility for this stuff, too.

I sent this message to this This is an OBVIOUSLY altered coin-probably an altered 1936-D. You would do well to remove the listing since I'm sure you don't want someone to get burned and especially since you have no return policy.

Fairlaneman · March 17, 2008 7:08AM

<< We at buyerselite are not graders or authenticaters so please do not ask me to say whether this or any other coin we sell is authentic >>

Selling coins since atleast 2001 and still has no clue. Yea...Right. Some of the sellers on eBay make me puke and puke and puke and puke. How can a person type descriptions about coins when they have two coins in front of them like this puke did? One of the two is fake for sure and the person cannot see the difference. Puke, Puke and more Puke.

Ken

jimmymac · March 17, 2008 7:24AM

<< I sent this message to this dishonest seller. We'll see what his reply is. Of late I've seen an obvious non-proof 1936 Buffalo sell for $800 and a number of obviously altered 3 legged Buffs that sold for several hundred dollars. These ignorant buyers must assume a lot of the responsibility for this stuff, too.

I sent this message to this This is an OBVIOUSLY altered coin-probably an altered 1936-D. You would do well to remove the listing since I'm sure you don't want someone to get burned and especially since you have no return policy. >>

nice going and good move - obviously bogus - the date is totally out of whack and altered - as stated before by many on this forum - NEVER BUY RAW KEY DATES ON EBAY!!!

CaptHenway · March 17, 2008 7:44AM

This one has an altered date. Note the style of the 9.
The other has an added mint mark.
Both reported.

mr1931S · March 17, 2008 7:47AM

It's not all that easy to make silver coins look as dark as the ones in his pics.I was going to lighten it up in Photoshop so I could see the alteration on the date.....ah.....the hell with it.

BECOKA · March 17, 2008 7:49AM

Shoot, kinda makes you wish that e-bay would go the Teletrade route and require everything to be in top tier slabs, period.

koynekwest · March 17, 2008 8:03AM

I'll also post his response, if any, to my message. Based on his previous answer posted here I'm sure it will be somewhat less than courteous.

DorkGirl · March 17, 2008 8:52AM

160216633732, 160216634253

Both fakes per our Capt. so reported both.

Made it easy for everyone, just copy and paste

Mercury10c · March 17, 2008 8:57AM

The "9" is a closed "9" which was not used in 1916. Don't even need to look at the MM. It's fake.

291fifth · March 17, 2008 9:01AM

<< We at buyerselite are not graders or authenticaters so please do not ask me to say whether this or any other coin we sell is authentic or if you think our grades ar too high or too low as it is only our opinion on such coins....As with all our auctions all estate items are sold as is with no returns and I mean dont even ask because the answer is NO!

'Nuff said... >>

Not really. eBay rules do not allow fake coins to be listed. If the coin is fake I believe he must accept a return and issue a full refund regardless of what he says in his description. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Fairlaneman · March 17, 2008 9:14AM

<< This one has an altered date. Note the style of the 9.
The other has an added mint mark.
Both reported. >>

Which coin are you talking about? The one coin appears to have the right reverse for a 1916 coin. The 9 is very hard to make out on my monitor and could be just a poor picture. The portion shown here appears to be correct for the 1916 design but is blurry also. Either way the coin is damaged and a better example could be found.

Ken

erroid · March 17, 2008 1:01PM

I also wrote the seller and notified eBay; I'll post his answer, if I get one.

Dawg144 · March 17, 2008 1:27PM

"The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."

erroid · March 17, 2008 9:17PM

The seller wrote me back last night(I was in bed):

Thanks, we are having the coin looked at by a local daeler again since there was another person saying the same thing. Coin will be taken off until found out to be real.. Thaks again!!

All well that ends well.

Suspicious looking 1916-D Mercury Dime -- Altered 1936-D?

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