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crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
I don't know how to link up, but here's the # for the E-bay listing: 180440555306image I don't think this is possible??
The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wow.
  • damn you OKbustchaser, All quick on the draw and stuff
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the link!!
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    unbelievable that at $81 the reserve has not been met. Maybe the seller actually believes the coin is not altered? That would make the buyer and seller mentally challenged.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The thing has already got three bids, and yet $81 is not high enough for the consignor.

    That makes 4 fools so far. The three bidders plus the clown who is offering it and doesn't think that $81 is enough enough for something that MIGHT BE an ERROR NOT!!!) image
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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082
    We had two well known coin dealers in our area look at this coin under high magnification and they scratch their heads.

    Dandruff
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>unbelievable that at $81 the reserve has not been met. Maybe the seller actually believes the coin is not altered? That would make the buyer and seller mentally challenged. >>



    imageI got a good laugh out of this oneimage
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • Wonder who the 2 well-known dealers are? Right.
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  • << <i>Wonder who the 2 well-known dealers are? Right. >>

    image
  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I asked the seller for the two dealers names, but have not received a reply as of yet.
    Jim

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    reason for the current price?

    a great jester:


    << <i>There could be a great jester from some to go beyond the norm on bidding on this item knowing you will be helping those that are in need. >>

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  • ponderitponderit Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been looking for one of those
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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    on the #2 picture you can clearly see the seam line where they inserted the 1926 inside the 1936..

    ...high magnification my ass....more like high fabrication, story-wise.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,837 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>We had two well known coin dealers in our area look at this coin under high magnification and they scratch their heads.

    Dandruff >>



    If they are coin dealers, more likely head lice. imageimage

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • << <i>I've been looking for one of those >>



    This would finally complete my two headed type set. The Dansco 0707.
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>on the #2 picture you can clearly see the seam line where they inserted the 1926 inside the 1936..

    ...high magnification my ass....more like high fabrication, story-wise. >>



    Well, there goes the seamless transaction.
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey ! What a deal, only $103.00 for a clown coin. I wonder how high it will go? This amazes me!!image
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.


  • << <i>We had two well known coin dealers in our area look at this coin under high magnification and they scratch their heads.

    Dandruff >>




    More likely lice, as it seems parasites are involved.
  • "We offer no refunds to this sale,"

    image
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"We offer no refunds to this sale,"

    image >>



    I guess some sellers just don't care if they get negative feed back. That is, if the buyer ever figures out this coin is not real!image
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,589 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I personally know this coin was examined by three dealers, not two. And...if you nosey bastiges must know their names:

















    Dewey, Cheatum and Howe image
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  • Also in the description, it states "Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing"
    Just for fun , what if that 1926 was struck through a totaly grease filled reverse die ,
    the coin fell into the bin and was wedged under a flange in the corner . Then , ten years
    later it was jarred loose , and fed into the 1936 dies , and happened to be struck on the
    reverse with the obverse die , but the obverse was totally grease filled , thus preserving
    the 1926 date . With this scenario , this coin should be in the Smithsonian , or at
    least in my collection .
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  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085
    The seller is as dumb as a fox and the fleecing of the sheep continues on Flea Bay. image
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Heads he wins, heads he wins............MJ
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd buy it but I wouldn't be able to decide what date slot to place it in my Whitman album.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I think that the coin has a split personality syndrome.image
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    Camelotimage
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,837 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dewey, Cheatum and Howe image >>



    Sounds like a law firm.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hmmph
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I occasionally visit ebay just to look at the coin scams... and this one is a leader. Obviously a cheat coin... and yet they persist in the storytelling. If you read the story they put there, they sound so righteous...'have offers, but want to give everyone a chance'... what a pure crock. Looking for highest dollar from the unknowing... an impossible - totally impossible - coin, outside of fabrication post mint. Cheers, RickO
  • Up to 122.50, and the reserve is still not met. Maybe the seller has to cover the fee for storing it in the safe for all those years.
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am particularly fond of how the 1924 "heads" is worn so much more than the 1936 "heads."

    Oh...and the only "great jester" is the seller.

    Lane
    Numismatist Ordinaire
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  • << <i>I am particularly fond of how the 1924 "heads" is worn so much more than the 1936 "heads."

    Lane >>



    That is because it was always face down.
    "If I had a nickel for every nickel I ever had, I'd have all my nickels back".
  • At a 122 dollars the reserve has not yet been met. Oh brother!
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't get good prices on eBay for my raw stuff and this FAKE is selling for that much?!

    image
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't get good prices on eBay for my raw stuff and this FAKE is selling for that much?!

    image >>



    Perhaps you need to be less honest. It apparently seems to work for so many sellers!

    Lane
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Reported
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  • ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,186 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This reminds me of the time on the Andy Griffith show where Andy sold Barney a Buffalo nickel with the Buffalo facing the wrong directionimage
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This reminds me of the time on the Andy Griffith show where Andy sold Barney a Buffalo nickel with the Buffalo facing the wrong directionimage >>



    Did Barney end up putting it on EBay as well? image

    MJ
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    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭
    Somewhere out there a double-tailed Buffalo nickel is looking for its mate. Imagine the value of a collection that included both coins. . . . at least $1,000,000, "for bragging rights."

    Should this rare coin be in the Red Book?




  • << <i>Should this rare coin be in the Red Book? >>

    Obviously not. But there are many coins in the Red Book that should never have been added, and even more that should have been. Your problem is that adding more will open the floodgates. The VAM Web site shows how most variations are minor mint irregularities, of interest only to a narrow band of collectors, and little or no added "value." My advice is to leave that stuff to the Professional Edition, the Cherrypickers' Guide, or to the many books written for specialists.

    Edited to add: one example of a variety that should never have been in the Red Book is the "1922 Plain" Cent. That is a filled die, and nothing more.
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  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Q: I'd like to contact the dealers who examined this coin.

    Can you please give me this info?

    A: It is not our policy to give out other busisnesses information.

    We suggest you contact your coin dealers and numismatic experts you know. You would value their input rather than dealers you don't know.

    We are representing this piece as we see it and try to explain to those that might be interested in it, this could be real or it could not be real.

    Most experts of coins and their history will tell you it's possible to have a two headed piece but most unlikely.

    We at HLC are saying to those that view this auction, we have our beleif about it, but we do not represent it to be authentic. We just don't know.

    If you are wanting to bid on this piece strickly for potential value, or authenticity of the item, you might want to not to bid at this auction.

    We have had offers of hundreds of dollars for this item, but choose to give our friends and fellow winners on our ebay auctions a second chance to look at it and own it.

    It's just the right thing for us to do. The worse thing that can happen to a winning bid, they get the piece and they are dissapointed in the item or us.

    A lot of treasure hunters look for auctions to find that one great reward. 99.9% of the time they are dissapointed but they never give up on the next venture.

    We are kind of like that here at HLC. We get many estate items, some have great value and prosper the work we do, but there are those items that are great to have for bragging rights. This might be one of those items.

    This item was truly locked up in a safe for years. Why, we don't know, we found it and our mission is to raise money for our ministry.

    We have over 320 positive feedbacks now, and all those winners of our auction have been happy with the items we've sent to them.

    To us, that means a lot. Our winners are not unhappy we us. We tried to represent the items very fairly and open to the information we have.

    You have to decide for yourself on bidding or not.
    Thank you for your email.

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We have over 320 positive feedbacks now, and all those winners of our auction have been happy with the items we've sent to them.

    And 4 negatives this year, which in my book is a lot, even if 3 of them are from the same buyer.
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  • he meant crack dealers
  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Think of all the bar bets you could win..."I call heads".
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Am I missing something here??image $357.00 and the reserve is still not met?
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.


  • << <i>Somewhere out there a double-tailed Buffalo nickel is looking for its mate. Imagine the value of a collection that included both coins. . . . at least $1,000,000, "for bragging rights."

    >>



    Actually the reverse of these coins probably ended up on the floor of the milling shop where the reverse of both coins was removed so the two obverse halfs could be glued together.



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  • This item was truly locked up in a safe for years. Why, we don't know, we found it and our mission is to raise money for our ministry.

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