Ebay's Worst Offerings

[Coinery]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1p-1-Pence-One-Penny-Coin-Buy-It-Now-Auction-/261262763900?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3cd479677c

The about me page is somewhat enlightening. Glass houses, stones, black pots and kettles etc spring to mind. Assistance with the translation can be found http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/documents/egenproc/egenproc.pdf here

Just out of interest, did you see the documentary about the push in northern France to secure enigma equipment? What sacrifice! I can't imagine the 'modern man' ever accepting that situation!

Lord knows what kind of man this makes me, but nobody would ever stick me on a landing craft and send me out to certain death! How the 1940's man was persuaded otherwise is a great mystery to me!

And I should perhaps add, that my point is not to rob the man that DID sacrifice at that time of any honour, I'm incredibly grateful that we never came to face ethnic cleansing and human experiments as a norm!

Hey ho!

Great documentary, though!

[goomolique]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/British-1-3rd-Farting-1878-Unc-Good-Lustre-/370876067579?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5659efaefb

I'll just leave this here...

Is this a wind up?

Sorry for a noob question but whats wrong with this auction?

[Coinery]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/British-1-3rd-Farting-1878-Unc-Good-Lustre-/370876067579?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5659efaefb

I'll just leave this here...

Is this a wind up?

Sorry for a noob question but whats wrong with this auction?

Nothing, unless you're after a FARTING!

[goomolique]

Oh yes.... of course.... Was so focused on the coin itself that i didnt notice...

[Coinery]

Oh yes.... of course.... Was so focused on the coin itself that i didnt notice...

It was a breeze!

[HistoricCoinage]

This incredibly rare coin...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HENRY-III-VOIDED-LONG-CROSS-VERY-RARE-MIS-STRUCK-/350857855016?pt=UK_Coins_BritishHammered_RL&hash=item51b0c20028

[MRD]

Extreme shill bidding in my opinion, I watch this bloke as he does list some nice coins but bidder 3***a give it a break, its a little obvious when you do the same on all the listings.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1899-P-QUEEN-VICTORIA-PERTH-MINT-GOLD-SOVEREIGN-COIN-PCGS-MS62-/161082361139?nma=true&si=p%252Fs%252FfvzRO28wjBPgUjwk83fsMfY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[declanwmagee]

Extreme shill bidding in my opinion, I watch this bloke as he does list some nice coins but bidder 3***a give it a break, its a little obvious when you do the same on all the listings.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1899-P-QUEEN-VICTORIA-PERTH-MINT-GOLD-SOVEREIGN-COIN-PCGS-MS62-/161082361139?nma=true&si=p%252Fs%252FfvzRO28wjBPgUjwk83fsMfY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

That'll be Marg then. I notice her feedback recently went private, after she was outed on this very forum...

[Nick]

Extreme shill bidding in my opinion, I watch this bloke as he does list some nice coins but bidder 3***a give it a break, its a little obvious when you do the same on all the listings.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1899-P-QUEEN-VICTORIA-PERTH-MINT-GOLD-SOVEREIGN-COIN-PCGS-MS62-/161082361139?nma=true&si=p%252Fs%252FfvzRO28wjBPgUjwk83fsMfY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

That'll be Marg then. I notice her feedback recently went private, after she was outed on this very forum...

But don't worry, eBay have sophisticated procedures in place to catch this type of thing... Yeah, right.

[Paulus]

Mostly I can just about understand the bidding and prices paid on the Bay (okay, some of the time), but this barely fine common shilling is hard to understand (i.e. why is it worth shilling this shilling or bidding this high - and there seems to be both shillings afoot!)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290959790788?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648

[Peter]

Only in America.

1758 is old. but very common

[Peckris]

But don't worry, eBay have sophisticated procedures in place to catch this type of thing... Yeah, right.

Only in America.

1758 is old. but very common

Minted for quite a few years, I believe? Well into George III's reign anyway. Same with 1754 copper.

[azda]

Can someone link the ebay number 300951028525 A gothic crown from China and in an NGC slab. Worrying?

[Paulus]

Can someone link the ebay number 300951028525 A gothic crown from China and in an NGC slab. Worrying?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300951028525?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D300951028525%26_rdc%3D1

There is no feedback for anything he has sold on eBay since Nov '12, and before that it seems to have been mainly watches ... and eBay says the item is located in Japan ...

Edited August 19, 2013 by Paulus

[Generic Lad]

For what it's worth, NGC has images of the coin on its website so you can check that everything is in order.

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3260636-001

Its kind of hard to tell because the photographs are very different. However, I notice that there is a rim ding that looks to appear on both the eBay and the NGC images by the colon between G and F.

Edited August 19, 2013 by Generic Lad

[Nick]

Can someone link the ebay number 300951028525 A gothic crown from China and in an NGC slab. Worrying?

The pictures seem to match those in the NGC database, so perhaps it's kosher. The edge lettering looks ok too. However, as it has definitely seen better days, it has limited appeal.

[Nick]

For what it's worth, NGC has images of the coin on its website so you can check that everything is in order before you bid.

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3260636-001

The NGC images are rubbish. You cannot discern any of the many scratches and surface marks from their images. If I were them, I'd be too embarrassed to put them on my website.

[Peter]

The grading was made by a blind cobbler with a fat thumb.

[Paulus]

For what it's worth, NGC has images of the coin on its website so you can check that everything is in order before you bid.

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3260636-001

The NGC images are rubbish. You cannot discern any of the many scratches and surface marks from their images. If I were them, I'd be too embarrassed to put them on my website.

It can't help that NGC take the photos after they have entombed the coin in a perspex slab!

[Nick]

For what it's worth, NGC has images of the coin on its website so you can check that everything is in order before you bid.

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3260636-001

The NGC images are rubbish. You cannot discern any of the many scratches and surface marks from their images. If I were them, I'd be too embarrassed to put them on my website.

It can't help that NGC take the photos after they have entombed the coin in a perspex slab!

True. But Heritage photograph slabbed coins all the time with excellent results. It's not that difficult.

[Generic Lad]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Great-Britain-Coin-3D-3-Pennies-/121158606444?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item1c359d9e6c

The Queen looks a bit seasick.

[declanwmagee]

The grading was made by a blind cobbler with a fat thumb.

So can we assume that this blind cobbler can tell a fake from a real coin? I can't tell, and I'm a dab hand with the superglue on a flappy sole.

[MRD]

Extreme shill bidding in my opinion, I watch this bloke as he does li

[MRD]

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What i meant to say was, You never know if the powers that be at Ebay are watching

[bagerap]

The powers-that-be @ ebay simply clamp their telescopes to the blind eye saying "I see no sh*ts"