The bidders are ravenous

Check out this coin I lost out on. The pictures look great, but they also don't really give that much information. How much would you have bid?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262227566198?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

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Based only on the photos, I'd say losing wasn't such a bad thing. While the coin does appear to be nice, as you said the photos don't tell us a whole lot, but there are a few "signs" somewhat visible that suggest the winner may lose on their gamble.

 

Those pics can hide ALOT! I wouldn't have touched it over 300 tops and that would be a 100 gamble

 

Haha double post Books

 

It looks like an MS66 or better to me.

Chris

 

It looks like it's a really nice coin in the pictures, but who knows what it looks like in hand.

 

This. Much of what looks like clean cheek is the photographic anomaly (TOO MUCH LIGHT, YOU FOOL!) which is blocking the true features.

 

It is too bad that the fool is using a camera phone and doesn't know how to light the object properly. That being said, I still think it would get an MS66 or so.

Chris

 

Duplicate post.

 

Think the coin probably went for too much.

 

It would have to be a 66 to justify that price. The thing is the pictures are so vague it could be anywhere from a 65 to 67. I guess people like gambling. They could always return it and say the pictures misrepresented it.

 

If it did grade a 67 that would be a thousand percent return on the investment.

 

Look on the bottom cheek near the jaw line. I bet at best that's luster breaks being hidden by the photography method. No touchy with a 10ft poley!

 

Thanks, that makes me feel better.

 

Tough call. Photos are slightly out of focus. The coin is tilted at a more sever angle and the lighting is bad. Intentional by the seller or just not a great photo? Would you want to find out for $600+?

Even with the photos, you can see hints of more contact marks than what is being shown.

@Sean5150 , IMO, you should be thankful you didn't win this at that price.

 

I'd say it's one of those deals where she looks like a 10 in bad lighting but is actually a 4 when you get a good look at her.

 

I wouldn't have thought of bidding on that unless I could see it for myself. No grade and a bad picture. I assume the buyer intends to send it to a TPG.

I think if it had a chance to be a 67, that would have happened long ago.

 

Guys, if I wanted to sell dirty I would use every trick he did. Trust me, the chances of this being unintentional on his part is close to nill and so are the chaces of that even hitting 65. I haven't even checked his other coins but I bet he uses the same technique. Or start to follow him and you'll see. I'd bet $ on it

This is a very good way to fool all but the most experianced in morgans and numismatic photography but once you know what you're looking at it screams dirty seller

 

Perhaps you should've checked before posting this since there are no other coins, and you would've just lost your money.

I'm certainly not defending how the coin was imaged, are you're absolutely correct in regards to how certain "techniques" are used to mask issues, but there's not a boogeyman behind every questionable listing.

 

That's why I added "or start to follow him" didn't know I needed to elaborate on that. And I'm not talking about every coin just this one specifically and this seller being highly suspicious specifically. What kind of response was that man? I like some of your posts but for the most part I disagree with how you repspond to things in general Books