markflorida

Sorry lol

Thanks for sharing. I have also reported it. This should be a £20,000 coin. Heritage auctions have one 'Live' now it is already at $18,0000 with two weeks to go and that is only a PR67 without the + Heritage Auctions 1847 Crown PR67 eBay is a great place to buy coins, you just have to be careful.

Of course he should, but sadly he won't be.

Not sure why the video, but you captured the details not easy with a hand held camera. It's a common 2004 state quarter. They were minted from 1999 through 2008. The majority in copper nickel like the one you have. The US mint did of course produce them in Proof form, also copper nickel and as another money maker (Ignore the pun) they also sold Silver Proof sets. The value of your coin in the US is face value. If you like them your can collect all 50 state quarters. They sell for around 2-4 times face value for a whole set of 50 but should increase in value over the decades. If you collect US quarters the state quarters are a must. The good news is that the coin books to put them in where sold by the tens of thousands, thus breeding a whole new wave of coln collectors, young and old. Hats off to the US Mint for that.

Well spotted. It seems more of these scammers try to fish out opportunist buyers by acting dumb. When will people learn there's no such thing as a free lunch. Sadly eBay do not have enough staff to monitor all listings.

Welcome to the 'Hobby of Kings'. You have already been given good advice by other members. I would also suggest you consider to find a 'Favorite Coin'. That could be a low cost modern penny all the way up to Gold Sovereigns. Once you find a coin you really like, read about them, a simple way is wikipedia for basic info and coin books. The important thing is you enjoy them and like the look of them. I still get excited when I see a beautiful Silver Dollar or Silver Crown. (I've been buying coins for over 40 years) I regard them as the best looking coins ever minted, yet I know others equally fascinated by well struck farthings.

If you are grading coins for yourself or just to sell locally then of course getting them graded here in the UK. But if you have valuable coins and would want to one day collect the rewards of your investment. One should clearly use NGC or PCGS. The world market and auction all acknowledge NGC & PCGS. If you look at auction prices alone they command much more at the fall of the hammer. If I buy a LCGS I will downgrade it myself by at least two grades and only pay the lower price, then get them graded again by NGC. I am often correct and receive them back from NGC with a lower grade. On one occasion NGC called it cleaned. LCGS missed it! A high value coin collector will NOT take the LCGS grades seriously. However I have managed to steal some great bargains on higher value coins, simply because others do not trust the LCGS grade and won't fight for them at auction. Then I get them graded by NGC, yes lower grade but still a large profit if I was going to sell.