1916 half penny mule on Ebay sold $8,600

[drakesterling]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-1916-HALFPENNY-MULE-circulated-condition-/291129696789?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item43c8aea215&nma=true&si=%252B5a2w70v59f%252BX7ny0bjK4vggiSw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Thoughts?

[trout]

IF it is genuine.
It sold for about 10% of its value.

[stevo1962]

It does look a bit suspicious and you would have to be very brave or very
 stupid to take a chance at that level

[nealeffendi]

Fred and I discussed the genuineness of some of the mules about a week ago and his concern that a number of mules have pretty lousy obverses. Then I saw this coin a few days ago with a spiel about some old collector....and Trout only asks IF it is genuine?
What sort of seller puts a genuine mule on eBay?

[trout]

Fred and I discussed the genuineness of some of the mules about a week ago and his concern that a number of mules have pretty lousy obverses. Then I saw this coin a few days ago with a spiel about some old collector....and Trout only asks IF it is genuine?
What sort of seller puts a genuine mule on eBay?

Just edited my post for you Mate :ok:
The reverse looks to be in VF condition and the obverse is in aGood condition.
Pretty rare that a coin will wear so unevenly.
I notice how they show the edge of the coin , looks a bit weird and shiny in comparison to the rest of the coin.

[accumulator]

To me it looks like there is no real wear on the coin at all.

[drakesterling]

Well, someone's either done very well or very badly.

[bellyflorin]

Just send it to APCGS  they will grade it , they don't give a flying bat  if its  fake :angel:

[stevo1962]

Anyone in their right mind would put a genuine coin of that magnitude into a legitimate auction about not ebay but then it
 would be pulled up as a fake if that was the case so we have to assume that it is indeed a fake

  Or maybe the seller is a lunatic and therefore the coin could be genuine

[robbiegal]

come on guys
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got to be a shill bidder at that price

[Nevol]

come on guys - 0  feedback - got to be a shill bidder at that price

:i_agree:

[echidna]

I'm sure this one is fake.
Its  not impossible though for super rare coins to appear on ebay at no reserve.

[trout]

I'm sure this one is fake.
Its  not impossible though for super rare coins to appear on ebay at no reserve.

If that is the case the seller got shafted instead of the buyer.:angel:

[Fr45h3R]

I've just got the following from Wyzeguy60.

Of the known examples, they were examined and a die chip was found on the reverse. This was present on all genuine examples that were examined. This pic is from the NGC site and it shows the die marker. It is not present on the coin from ebay.

Coin from NGC
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Coin from eBay
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[trout]

Whatever has happened here there will be tears involved :dodgy: