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Message:: [QUOTE="Sean5150, post: 2264045, member: 75607"]I think there may be some confusion in what we are arguing. If you are saying the coin in the original listing is the same coin I received, we cannot proceed because you are dead wrong. I started this thread because I do listen to experience, and have taken your advice very earnestly. You make some valid points but others are distorted by preconceptions. I have not seen thousands and thousands of Morgans, but I am not dim. I bought a raw coin on eBay I paid MS60 money for, it is so rare no one has it in their registry. I got very lucky. I was taken in by the allure of bargains on eBay, and I have been burned also. There is never a black and white of an issue, it is always grey. In this case there is a median between overinflated dealer prices and bottom feeding scammers on eBay. That would comprise the meat of the bell curve. There are dealers who offer very reasonable prices for their wares, and there are fools on eBay listing an 1883 CC GSA for $800 because it is "rare". My point is that generalizations are always wrong (see what I did there). Honestly, I don't even know what the argument is. I think the main point above is "don't even try to find a good coin on eBay, only dealers have all the good coins". We are basically agreeing on most accounts. The coin I received is awesome, and people on eBay can be shady.[/QUOTE]