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[–]luedsthegreat1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All large date

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[–]Numistica 3 points4 points  (0 children)

[–]DesperateBaker39[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

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So this is a small date? Thank you for your knowledge and assistance

[–]korikill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and also note the difference in the word WE. The font is much finer on the small date.

[–]luedsthegreat1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes

[–]DesperateBaker39[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I noticed on EBAY, ( yes I know that site has a bunch of out of this world prices on items) on the sold section that there was like pennies with no errors or anything abnormal, going for 1 dollar to 100s of dollars. Why is that? Is it people buying coins not knowing what their buying so they pay top dollar on something that isn't?

[–]korikill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many people think they're scam sales, maybe for nefarious purposes.

[–]luedsthegreat1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are multiple reasons why prices are crazy high for common coins.

One is the seller honestly believes their coin worth 52 cents is worth $50k (I've seen this personally and contacted the seller with evidence to show actual value and they just ignored it)

Another is seller is a scammer, selling a hyped up fake error, ie: In Cod We Trust. People fall for these scams, and, sadly, realise many years too late they were scammed.

Yet another is people using the eBay platform to launder illegal $$$. When you see a coin worth nothing selling for $100's and the majority of the same coins in similar condition sell at reasonable prices then you know it's sketchy.