Posted this on another forum and people got a good laugh out of it, so thought I'd share here as well....
Or how about this 1000+ gram Russian rouble? http://realcoin.ru/Image/History/ruble/1r1771.jpg
I have been using BCW brand flips purchased in bulk on eBay for several years, never any issues.
If this story is legit, I think it's more a case of eBay's "the buyer is always right" policy rather than a change regarding their graded coins...
Nice one, 100% genuine and yes the clip is an error. These were issued for Siberia specifically. I still believe that 18th century Russian...
It depends if you mean legally blind or flat out completely blind. Legally blind can still see some details to a degree with the use of aides....
Well i noticed that with the passport thingy, the category is the same on the UK site as the general ebay.com site. The coin categories do not...
It's the same for your completed item as well. You must have listed them on the ebay.co.uk site? That would explain why they appear under...
They thought you were referring to numerical grades. Ebay phone support are not people who know coins or the grading system. They simply look at...
Looks like die wear.
For the most part yes, though I would like to see better pics of the 8 reales. There seem to be as many or even more bullion counterfeits of these...
One or two negs per 1k seems to be the statistical norm for reputable coin dealers on ebay. That is still 99.8-99.9 % positive. I think if it's...
Left to right, Mexico City mint 8 reales, Hungarian thaler and German state of Saxony thaler
Try camping on ebay newly listed buy-it-now listings :)
It's either a double die or completely repunched letters. Now, repunched letters are common on older Scandinavian coins, but one or two letters....
Those are not casting bumps, it's just a grainy photo of a coin that had rough cleaning (as the listing states). As far as authenticity it looks...
I don't think there is nearly significant enough damage to warrant a details grade. As for cleaning... hard to tell because the photo was clearly...
There may be a lot of inflated grades assigned to coins on ebay, and yes sometimes intentionally. BUT, there are also some good deals to be had...
Although most of it looks like die wear, the split serifs seen strongest on the I's and a couple other letters make a case for die doubling. And...
It's y#4, the other varieties apply to the 1871 (Meiji year 4) coins, not this 1870 (Meiji year 3) one.
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