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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/07/2008 : 11:02:42
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In addition to it being a ridiculous auction, I see a major red flag.
Look at the photos at the bottom. In the left column, the third and forth photos down are Photoshopped. Same wrapper, same white specs in the upper right corner, but different coins. |
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The Copper Cave
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2008 : 11:39:01
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| Its amazing what people will do to make a quick buck |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/07/2008 : 12:04:31
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The way I read it, those are stock photos.. not the actual coins you will receive. If you read his feedback you will see that some of the folks actually realized what they bought after the fact.. lol. As they say, "A fool and his money.. are lucky enough if they get together in the first place.
His rolls are really half rolls.. they contain 25 coins per the description.
And how does a guy get "bank wrapped rolls" that are really half rolls of pennies? And how does he get the machine to roll various denominations in the same roll? I have 3 rolling machines, and not a single one of them has a setting for half rolls of pennies. Half rolls of nickels and quarters, yes, but not pennies. I have never seen half roll of penny paper offered for sale at any of my bank supply houses. Also, normal rolling machines would automatically shoot a silver dime into the reject bin if you tried to roll it with the machine set to pennies. I was thinking he might be cutting down a standard penny cartridge and then using a twist-n-crimp or crimping machine to seal the other end. But getting the stripes on each end is difficult to do if you are only rolling 25 coins. The rolls look kind of mutant.. but it is interesting that he can do it. They are easy to weather the way he did it to make them look older.  |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2008 : 16:31:07
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2008 : 16:46:51
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Funny how he magically got 5-6rolls with the same error
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kieblera5
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 12/08/2008 : 12:21:58
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| And with silver dimes showing... I've sorted a bunch of pennies and only found 2 dimes, neither silver, and definately not at the end of a roll. Odds: 1/100000000000000000000000000 |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2008 : 12:28:18
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Yeah, this guy has been running this scam for months now... I'm amazed that he gets any bids on such a blatant set-up, much less these ridiculously high ones.
It never ceases to amaze me at just how much money there is to be made out there if you have a little creativity and a total lack of integrity *shakes head in dismay* |
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snappy
Penny Collector Member
USA
301 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2008 : 15:26:05
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Originally posted by natsb88
In addition to it being a ridiculous auction, I see a major red flag.
Look at the photos at the bottom. In the left column, the third and forth photos down are Photoshopped. Same wrapper, same white specs in the upper right corner, but different coins.
the right column, 5th one down last one
the left column, from top 2nd,3rd and 4th
all 4 are the same wrapper photo shopped. |
Selling Ryedale sorted USA cents
1.5 each + shipping over 500fv 1.5 each +1/2 shipping
If you pick up 1.35 each
located MT/ND boarder.
after Ryedale sorting they are hand sorted to remove canadian then rechecked with Ryedale to insure all copper and count out $50 FV then placed in cloth bags and sealed with #1 copper wire. |
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 12/08/2008 : 17:33:08
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the right column, 5th one down last one
the left column, from top 2nd,3rd and 4th
all 4 are the same wrapper photo shopped.
Yep, just click on each photo and see how they are the same roll, just with the coin image changed. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/09/2008 : 21:29:34
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To quote P.T.B.:
"There's a sucker born every minute." |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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