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Extremely rare if authentic.
IMO if authentic I would sell this coin in a live reserve auction.
Regardless of where you sell, the value of an authentic 1982 Small Date Doubled Die specimen far outweighs the cost of authentication.
IMO to sell any coin over $75, certification is a cost of doing business and a requirement I'd want to protect myself as a seller.
I would've done it already, and am baffled as to why you feign doing so?
As a buyer, without authentication, I wouldn't go near it.
Without higher definition close up photos of the reverse and obverse sides of this coin outside of the 2x2 flip... meh don't know.
What do you think brought the listing to eBay's attention, and what was your asking price?
"possible surviving pieces of this particular doubled die are likely between 100 and 500 pieces, of which fewer than 20 percent are likely to currently be uncirculated in grade."
"a lower-grade uncirculated piece should one be found is $1,000 (MS-60 through MS-63). Circulated coins should sell between $300 and $750, while higher grade uncirculated pieces (MS-64 and above) should exceed $2,000.
I'd like to see the text of the notice eBay sent you. often times they use a boilerplate policy notice that can fit more than one (but related) policies.
There is this policy that might come to you as a notice that might appear to be about fakes (and it is sort of) but is not actually accusing YOU of selling a fake.
What is the policy?
Listings for current, exchangeable, ungraded currency from any country worldwide cannot exceed $1,000 in value, whether in a single listing or in a combination of multiple listings.
Activity that doesn't follow eBay policy could result in a range of actions including for example: administratively ending or cancelling listings, hiding or demoting all listings from search results, lowering seller rating, buying or selling restrictions, and account suspension. All fees paid or payable in relation to listings or accounts on which we take any action will not be refunded or otherwise credited to your account.
https://www.ebay.ca/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/stamps-currency-coins-policy?id=4337
This policy was an attempt to limit the number of fakes that could be listed by limiting ungraded coins.
Unfortunately eBay had become know as a hotbed of fake coins over the years. They instituted similar policies for other collectible categories such as Trading Cards which also have a huge problem with counterfeits.
