eBay coin listing policies

Does eBay require photos of both the obverse and reverse of raw coins, or just slabbed coins? I looked in all their help pages I could find, and didn't see this answered...

 

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I am not sure, but if looking to sell, the policy should not matter; if you’re hoping get a fair price, there is no reason to not provide both obverse and reverse photos.

 

As far as policy goes, they have no requirement for showing photos of both.

 

I listed one last night and it said that you must have at least one picture

 

I agree completely - I always provide both sides of my coins. I was speaking about other listings.

 

I always thought photos of both sides were required... but apparently not. Where's rlm ... he's the expert on this stuff.

 

When I find auctions with pics of only one side of a coin, i have the seller email me a pic of the other side. Usually, no one else bids (why would they?) and I get a deal.

 

Ebay requires that you have a picture with all listings, but they don't care what it is a picture of. You can post a photo of your cat if you want to. But you will do better selling if you have a photo of both sides. Personally I use photoshop to attach them into one file.

 

At least one picture is required.
If the coin is slabbed AND older than 1980 you MUST show a picture of BOTH sides of the complete slab.
That generally means four pictures are needed:
-- a picture of the complete front of the slab
-- a close-up of the coin's obverse
-- a picture of the complete back of the slab
-- a close-up of the coin's reverse

 

By the time you figure out the new rules Ebay will change them again.....never fails.

 

Thanks everyone...those were the same guidelines I had found, but I thought there were other requirements.