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Some really ridiculous eBay listings

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Clueless, I mean why bother to state a grade, when you obviously have no idea how to grade coins.

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It looks like this guy dug that cartwheel penny up in the garden or something, because it says at the top of the page "nice find"! :blink:

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Look at this coin! Definitely not UNC on the obverse.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...8&category=3406

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Well yes, it could imply that. But it is common ebay speak for 'a bargain' to imply the coin is a nice find...As if it was lost of missing from your life until you looked at that listing.

You know, I'm thinking more and more about implementing a coin auction site, but perhaps at first just for my coins ;)

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You know, I'm thinking more and more about implementing a coin auction site, but perhaps at first just for my coins

Would many people list on it? IMHO I'm sure they would prefer to list on a site that admittedly gets more hits (Ebay).

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Well that's just it isn't it. I do get 30,000+ uniques a month, but that's nothing like ebay.

Although you have to start somewhere, and perhaps a coin auction site that guaranteed accurate descriptions and no crap would prove popular.

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Wow 30,000 a month! I didn't think it was anywhere near that figure! And theres only about 10 regulars on the forums :blink:

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At least there would be proper grading on Chris's auction site! Look at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...6&category=3397

:o:o

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At least there would be proper grading on Chris's auction site! Look at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...6&category=3397

Hahaha people have actually bid for it! They should come on predecimal and see the coin grading page. I looked at it last night and its very informative.

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Oooh look at the mistakes on this!

Fool on Ebay

Title says VF but in descrition it says EF?!

The picture is that of a silver proof not the one being sold

But wait, you get a free 50p so that makes it all worthwhile :P

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Title says VF but in descrition it says EF?!

To be fair, it's easy to describe something as "extremely fine" when we don't actually mean EF - the words roll off the tongue as a general description. The danger is putting them in print where they'll be interpreted in the strict numismatic sense.

I've seen far worse things on eBay!

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I've seen far worse things on eBay!

Haven't we all!? :lol:

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I have seen many dodgy things on ebay in the past, and that ones actually quite good considering! ;)

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This Cartwheel penny looks odd to me - could it be a restrike? Bear in mind that this man (Sharpclaw) sold four "uncirculated" Farthings to me but when I received them they were decidedly VF+

Odd toning in the fields too...

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That coin is definately dodgy. Look at it: The edge looks funny, on the reverse, and the tone is all wrong. Compare it to the one on this site! Here is the reverse: 07_1.JPG

And here is the obverse:

ac_1_b.JPG

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Just look at the state of that dark patch on the reverse! Ewwww :o

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i think £90 for it is a bit OTT...i got a quite nice one on ebay for £7 :) ...

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B) Is that your VF+ one which we've heard so much about?

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VF+ for £7??? Attach a scan, now! :P

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B) Is that your VF+ one which we've heard so much about?

no...i have 3 cartwheel pennies...

the one i got for £7 was this:

89_1_b.JPG

...it looks better in real life though...

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i think £90 for it is a bit OTT...i got a quite nice one on ebay for £7 :) ...

oops...i did not notice that you said twopence...i have no cartwheel twopences :( ...i will get one soon :)

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