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[copper123]

13 hours ago, ozjohn said:

1902 Proof Silver Half Crown Coin Edward VII | eBay

One of the worst fakes I have seen

Does not even have the right date it says 1905 on the obverse - takes a lot to get the date wrong on a coin

Edited March 30, 2024 by copper123

[Kipster]

His other items are equally as bad...

[copper123]

1 minute ago, Kipster said:

His other items are equally as bad...

I suppose you have to be pleased he got the monarch right . LOL

[Peckris 2]

On 3/30/2024 at 7:21 PM, copper123 said:

Does not even have the right date it says 1905 on the obverse - takes a lot to get the date wrong on a coin

It doesn't if it's clearly a fantasy coin, not intended to replicate the real thing.

[Martinminerva]

On 21 February 2024 at 10:51 AM, secret santa said:

There is a penny on Ebay claiming to be a 1922 F192A

Somebody else now trying to jump on that bandwagon, though suspect this one is just total ignorance rather than fraud.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266766404000?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=6152c033966842d9bd5af6cdef42cc77&bu=43098541495&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20240413030842&segname=11021

I particularly like the "obtuse" reference!!

 

[Peckris 2]

22 hours ago, Martinminerva said:

Somebody else now trying to jump on that bandwagon, though suspect this one is just total ignorance rather than fraud.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266766404000?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=6152c033966842d9bd5af6cdef42cc77&bu=43098541495&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20240413030842&segname=11021

I particularly like the "obtuse" reference!!

 

Very obtuse - he mentions the "1927 obverse" not reverse!

[secret santa]

I messaged him to say that it was not the 1927 reverse and to mention the confusion of obverse and obtuse - he then changed the description to the "rare 1927 obverse". I then messaged him to say that it was not the 1927 obverse (M.E.) but he has not replied. Fortunately, no-one has been daft enough to bid on it.

[secret santa]

I have messaged him several times telling him that this coin is not unique or rare but he ignores me and persists to fraudulently advertise it on Ebay.

Maybe a few more messages from other collectors might convince him ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266776453944?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11011.m43.l1123&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=297be0ec5ffd48a1a674033d3c313703&bu=43154646029&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20240419233910&segname=11011

 

[Paddy]

Done

[jelida]

Likewise.

[secret santa]

Well done, boys.

[blakeyboy]

I told the seller I have a bagful, and I've offered to sell them for £20 each.....

[Peckris 2]

sent message

[secret santa]

Any response ?

[Paddy]

No response here, and the item is still listed unaltered.

[jelida]

Nothing here. ☹️. Perhaps unsurprisingly .  Idiot or fraudster? Likely both in this case.

Jerry

[HistoricCoinage]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176362197471?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gChFphjQTFC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=G6uCbYI7QUO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Paddy]

Well that's a new way of executing the con! A screen shot of a genuine coin accompanied by two pictures of a low grade copy.

 

[Peckris 2]

On 5/4/2024 at 12:51 PM, HistoricCoinage said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176362197471?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gChFphjQTFC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=G6uCbYI7QUO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Gone now.

[jelida]

Well this is a masterpiece of bullshit to misrepresent a common polished coin as desirable!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266817921795?itmmeta=01HY5RM384CB3M8QYD8TFJ8EZC&hash=item3e1f966303:g:P9QAAOSwBp9mSGzh&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4CND%2BLOUuRITYzdUUVsKmNc8RNgC4PXfp3v24lsBSRZPvhF%2FlAz9v3Hx8dlAY3P%2FXPItNKItc0IHJMuAWgA3rFMU%2Bj0Egb2wTDf9qrj5Jd9yi20pR6JGgXgrbj2UIP2ILr8jbRqFzWbi1wQN3SPga16Npbq61gUrWBFe6OUo%2F0mPfezB8k3PIj3wqumm8BA370XDjxudlz1CXQU4Wxmqir%2Bs0vV3Xm4A3WX4LlKaz0EcyhsmGLcee2wPFaeRHq9w3Qy6GlTZ39CpnMjZNAlVJ86g9u%2FaAfQZOJdqAQu9oKCe|tkp%3ABk9SR6S00LjxYw

Jerry

 

[Rob]

2 hours ago, jelida said:

Well this is a masterpiece of bullshit to misrepresent a common polished coin as desirable!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266817921795?itmmeta=01HY5RM384CB3M8QYD8TFJ8EZC&hash=item3e1f966303:g:P9QAAOSwBp9mSGzh&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4CND%2BLOUuRITYzdUUVsKmNc8RNgC4PXfp3v24lsBSRZPvhF%2FlAz9v3Hx8dlAY3P%2FXPItNKItc0IHJMuAWgA3rFMU%2Bj0Egb2wTDf9qrj5Jd9yi20pR6JGgXgrbj2UIP2ILr8jbRqFzWbi1wQN3SPga16Npbq61gUrWBFe6OUo%2F0mPfezB8k3PIj3wqumm8BA370XDjxudlz1CXQU4Wxmqir%2Bs0vV3Xm4A3WX4LlKaz0EcyhsmGLcee2wPFaeRHq9w3Qy6GlTZ39CpnMjZNAlVJ86g9u%2FaAfQZOJdqAQu9oKCe|tkp%3ABk9SR6S00LjxYw

Jerry

 

 

[Martinminerva]

That's AI for you, as demonstrated by ebay's push to allow "intelligence" to create the listing blurb on behalf of a seller.  Over the last few months, the amount of bollocks that is being said in coin listings (and no doubt other categories too) beggars belief.

Thank god some of us on here still have human intelligence, but heaven help the world for the future... 😩

 

[copper123]

Maybe the world will be a better place in the future with Ai Bots putting on ebay listings without the help of humans .

Well they could hardly do worse , could they?

[Peckris 2]

22 hours ago, copper123 said:

Maybe the world will be a better place in the future with Ai Bots putting on ebay listings without the help of humans .

Well they could hardly do worse , could they?

I guess Chat GPT would autocorrect 'marleybob' to 'Bob Marley' (Same old 1933 penny though...)

Edited May 23, 2024 by Peckris 2

[DaveG38]

Am I the only one who doesn't 'get' AI? I have a book on the subject, and although it is interesting, it struck me that all AI appears to do, is analyse data etc. and act on it, faster than man can. The book talks about finding patterns in data that we might not spot, and thus unexpected solutions to problems, but again it strikes me this is a matter of speed, rather than 'intelligence.' Given enough people and time it seems to me that anything AI can do we too could, albeit much slower. For me, this doesn't make AI intelligent, just fast. 

The other aspect I don't understand is the issue of AI 'learning' based on 'reading' existing documentation, so that it can absorb huge amounts of information and can use this in any tasks it is undertaking. How does it sort the wheat from the chaff? How does it work out how the rantings of Donald Trump compare to the utterings of any other US president, or how it can differentiate the absolute rubbish put out by some people online, compared to those who actually have a sensible argument? In short, how does it sort the truth from the lies? Plus, of course, how does it learn morality, when in literature there are fine lines which are often blurred. In short, how can we ensure that AI doesn't decide that the problems of the world are caused by man, and decides to do away with us? After all, this would likely solve the problem of climate change, which it will have learned is a major issue at the moment!!