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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-07-2009, 01:29 PM   #1 (permalink) mat Junior Member     Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 46 My Mood: Most of the coins I buy today are from ebay. I do as much research on a particular coin and look for counterfeit issues thanks to helpful posts on various coin forums. So far I have been lucky. It also helps I tend to buy mid grade & sometimes low grade coins. Ive got alot of rim dings & some diggs.   11-08-2009, 10:44 AM   #2 (permalink) waffles Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 19 My Mood: cleaning Quote: Originally Posted by mat Most of the coins I buy today are from ebay. I do as much research on a particular coin and look for counterfeit issues thanks to helpful posts on various coin forums. So far I have been lucky. It also helps I tend to buy mid grade & sometimes low grade coins. Ive got alot of rim dings & some diggs. I was buying coins on ebay that when I sent to be graded and encapsulated were returned as having been cleaned.I prefer them already graded and encapsulated now.   11-08-2009, 10:54 AM   #3 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,850 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by waffles I was buying coins on ebay that when I sent to be graded and encapsulated were returned as having been cleaned.I prefer them already graded and encapsulated now. Waffles has good point! But on ebay this what I do for a raw coin. 1 take time and get a coin & date in mind do a search.that has just been listed . 2 sometimes you find some nice raw coin but the key is not just snipe a coin.look ahead __________________ no one right 100% of the time ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « How To Post (upload) Photos | Numismatic Acronyms » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post SGS Site on EBAY Being Shut Down coinked Coin Chat 10 12-01-2008 07:03 PM My Ebay Sale listing jello Auction Listings 0 10-24-2008 10:42 AM Second chance bulldawg Coin Chat 7 10-31-2005 08:28 AM Letter To eBay Regarding Frequent Fraud Listings By Our Favorite Seller MorganFred US Coins Forum 41 04-01-2005 08:13 PM EBay Says It Will Reduce Some Fees IvanV Coin Chat 1 02-07-2005 06:32 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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