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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 270870, member: 5719&quot;]First, welcome to Coin Talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>With respect to the photos, based on the time it took to load them, I would say that they are too large for the typical auction venues (and I&#039;m on broadband!).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest getting an inexpensive or free program to crop photos and create three views of each coin:</p><p>1) A shot of the obverse of the coin in the slab, to show buyers that it is indeed slabbed and graded by PCGS.</p><p>2) A close up of the obverse of the coin inside the slab.&nbsp; It&#039;s OK to crop out the rest of the slab as long as you have Photo #1.</p><p>3) A close up of the reverse of the coin inside the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would think that each of these images would have to be something less than 20 or 30 KB for purposes of an auction listing in order to faciliate loading, with larger versions of the same images available (&quot;click for large photo&quot;).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that a small number eBay feedback rating, even if it&#039;s 100%, is going to be considered a &quot;discount factor&quot; to many potential bidders.&nbsp; My personal feeling is that once someone is past about a 100 they should be safe, depending on what is being sold--but I still read the comments if I haven&#039;t dealt with them before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I echo those who&#039;ve already said that if you&#039;re in no rush, the best approach would be to learn as much as possible about the coins.&nbsp; You might decide to keep them after all!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure our seven year old daughter Thalia Elizabeth would like to make you an offer on the First Strike Sovereign-- it meets her criteria: 2000, the year she was born; Queen Elizabeth, and gold!&nbsp; But she doesn&#039;t have quite enough in her piggy bank for it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever you decide to do, good luck.&nbsp; I think your asking questions is the best approach.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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