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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wallyblackburn, post: 270761, member: 9956&quot;]eBay.&nbsp; Yeah, definitely eBay.&nbsp; I am a relative newbie to coins, but I know eBay.&nbsp; Even an &quot;honest&quot; dealer is going to give you wholesale price - that&#039;s just what they should give you.&nbsp; EBay is going to get you about 70% of retail from what I am seeing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your pics are OK - maybe brighten them up a bit and crop them.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have software, there is a nice free one called Irfanview (stupid name, nice program).</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple of hints:&nbsp; have your auction end on Sunday or Monday evening, around 6PM PDT (eBay time).&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why, but they seem to do best then.&nbsp; Don&#039;t bother with &quot;professional sounding&quot; descriptions and all that - tell them the truth.&nbsp; Auction/eBay buyers love estates and such.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as grading, I&#039;ll leave that to the more experience coin guys here.&nbsp; One thing I would consider: does the grading have the potential to really add to the value of the coin?&nbsp; The pic you show seems to be a good example - the 1886-O Morgan is retail $750 in MS-60, but jumps to $4250 in MS-63 like yours! WOW!&nbsp; Unfortunately, an inexperienced person like you (and me!) usually has a tough time grading MS coins.&nbsp; Telling the diff between a G-4 and a XF-40 is one thing, but between an MS-60 and MS-63 - whole other beast IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, I&#039;ve rambled on long enough.&nbsp; Hope I added something to the discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Wally[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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