ebay image - looks can be deceiving

For some reason, a picture of a rainbow toned coin that captures the luster usually doesn't show the colors very well, and vice versa.

 

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What do you think of the pics of this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1876-CC-SEA...25?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item53ec1cfdcd

I'm thinking about this one for my US type set. Not sure though. It looks overly bright like your first barber pic. This could be a cleaned problem coin.

 

The good news is that eBay will allow free photos starting July 2. That should help...at least those who care what their photos look like. I can't wait to see an auction with 18 blurry, off-center, poorly lighted shots.

 

From the photos, I would guess: Overdipped and retoned, devoid of luster. PASS.

 

As far as photos go, the two biggest things to watch for, IMO, are tilted photos (like the barber quarter) and saturation/color enhancement (like Vess' morgan).

Tilted photos hide hairlines and hits. Saturation enhancement makes colors more vivid. Both are widely used to scam people on the internet.

 

I agree with leadfoot. Over exposed and not in a slab for a reason.

 

Yeah, kind of what I was thinking. At first I was a little excited about it but the more you look at something like that, the more you start to get a bad feeling. It's also a full AU-58, slabbed price. To me, that is a prime example of ebay material. I believe there are a lot of good coins out there. They just aren't for sale.

There are quality coins on ebay but it seems to be a small percentage of the overall offering there.