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'43 copper - ebay - $5700 - i wonder

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McKinley-migration

McKinley-migration

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he has relatively decent feedback i guess, and that's a big collection he just sold.. lots of people would pounce on this 'powerseller' if he's playing games.

 

every auction started at 99 cents and some were 1 day auctions, this one was.. he didn't know what he was dealing with. all the 2x2's have the same writing. the original collector obviously knew coins so why would he have a fake to begin with... and there's a 30 day money back.

 

the seller seems to have downs but if the coin comes through i'd say someone scored...

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Buffalo_Pete

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I don't know about it sticking to a magnet, but I can tell you this: It's a pretty good fake, circulated like it is.

 

The 1943 Bronze does exist.....many steel have been plated, and there are die-struck counterfiets out there.

 

BEWARE......The correct course would have been to authenticate it.........before selling it.

 

People gamble money all the time.........look at the casinos.

 

This is NOT one gamble I would take........5700 bucks!

 

Pete

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gmarguli

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Damn!!! Thats alot of money they scammed out of people... Why cant E-Bay or the cops do anything if they are advertising counterfeit coins?

 

It's likely not a counterfeit coin. It's a real coin that has been plated. Big difference.

 

The seller might be a scumbag, but they are letting the population of eBay decide what the value is of the garbage they sell. You can't protect stupid and greedy people from themselves.

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Whats the next test if it passes the magnet test? Would you need to start weighing it etc? or something else?

 

A specific gravity test to help determine what it is made of.

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Norinn Radd

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I've heard of the '43 copper pennies. They do exist because I've heard a dealer mention one in print (about five years ago). He said he bought it for $10k and was now worth $100k.

 

Always wanted to see one. popcorn.gif

 

BTW - I've got a very nice BU roll of '43 zinc pennies that I think is pretty nifty.

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Norinn Radd

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BTW - a 1943 bronze cent was feature in tonight's episode of Bones.

 

A man was killed for his coin collection in 1959, but still had the coin in a paper sleeve in his pocket.

 

They mentioned that there were 12 existing copies and that they were worth over $100,000.

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I fell asleep on the couch last night. When I woke up, there was some TV show on. I don't know what, I missed most of it. The thing was that a person had died and left some things to their child. One of the things they left was a 1943 Copper Cent. They claimed it was worth over $100K. They were handling the thing like pocket change! It was not even in a 2x2, just loose, raw. Although the writers must have done some research, the director did not realize just how stupid it looked to have all the characters handling the coin and not even by the edges.

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Jonathan

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They were handling the thing like pocket change! It was not even in a 2x2, just loose, raw. Although the writers must have done some research, the director did not realize just how stupid it looked to have all the characters handling the coin and not even by the edges.

 

Stupid to coin collectors, not the viewing public. The average person thinks that shiny = better when it comes to coins, so if they use steel wool to shine up a coin, it is a good thing. frown.gif

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