I won this auction for a bit more than I wanted to pay. I thought the pictures were possibly tweaked and it turned out to be the case. Check out the pics on the ebay site. 1921"HIGH RELIEF"PEACE DOLLAR HIGHEST GRADE MANY PIX BU (300190534990) I emailed the seller thru ebay and told him I was returning the coin for a full refund because the coin was NOT BU. There are many scratches on both the obverse and the reverse. I believe his pictures were altered to hide these blemishes. Check out the 10x mag pictures. The blue ones are my pics and the bronze ones are his. (Can't see a scratch in any of his pictures.) I haven't heard back from him, bald514, yet. What do you think, guys? Bruce
Looks like someone cleaned it with the proverbial brillo pad. That's to bad it was a nice looking coin.
Even in the seller's images the coin looks unnaturally bright and I would have guessed it was cleaned. In your images it is more obvious. Regardless of what happens with the seller, I hope you will use this experience as a reminder of 1) the dangers in buying coins on a sight unseen basis when there is no mention of a return privilege and 2) the fact that images are often inaccurate/misleading - sometimes unintentionally so and other times, purposely.
Either not the coin you have or he doctored the pics in photoshop or some other program. Hope you can get your money back.
Mark, Thanks for the advice. However I've bought before with nice photos just to get coins a grade or 3 lower than what they were purported to be. The last 1921 HR Peace $ was the same way. I returned that one too. This one's going back. Either he accepts the inevetible or I'l go thru paypal first then my credit card co. It has gotten to the point that when I want to buy a good quality coin I'll look at a local dealers, go to a show, shop here on this forum, or on a trusted online seller that many of our CT'ers have mentioned. What else can I do? Ebay is really turning me off to raw coins sold there. edited Bruce
Bruce, it sounds like you know the answer to your question - avoid uncertified coins on Ebay and make use of the other sources you mentioned. If the seller gives you a hard time, I'd recommend pointing out that the listing didn't say no returns and that the images were extremely inaccurate, even if it was unintentional. Best of luck.
Not trying to rap on your typing but, Clembo, did you mean that the coin he pictured isn't the one I recieved? I could return them for that alone. Either way he's getting them back & I'm getting my $$ back. Bruce
I'll not neg him if the return is smooth. I might give him a neutral depending on the vibes he sends out. If all goes well then I'll drop the whole thing and agree to mutual cancellation of sale etc. Bruce
Bruce, I would go one step further. Avoid Ebay, unless you are sure you are getting a deal, to some degree. I have for the most part stop buying coins on Ebay with the exceptions of a few dealers on there. The other stuff I buy is Christmas presents for everyone else Regards, S
No problem by me Bruce. Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Of course I don't do photoshop and all that stuff but the coin YOU picture shows wear (and a lot of scratches most likely caused by cleaning) to me and I HATE grading Peace dollars. Even if it IS the same coin he doctored the hell out of those photos. Different coin or false advertising. Name your poison.
Honestly the auction pics make it look cleaned, has a very un-natural look to it. Might just be the photoshop or whatever, but I would definetly return. Phoenix
