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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1436946, member: 75105&quot;]The fault with your logic is that your misusing the term &quot;generic&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Generic as in something without a BRAND name. Such as &quot;generic cereal&quot; or &quot;generic drugs&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC is by all means a &quot;brand name&quot; and is by no means generic.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/legal.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/legal.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/legal.aspx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/legal.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/legal.aspx" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>When you say &quot;buying generic&quot;...the only thing that would come to mind in the numismatic world is buying bulk lots of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a eBay listing said &quot;Random Indian head penny&quot;, then no, you would not have to photograph each one. The buyer expects receiving whatever, unless there is a descriptor such as &quot;grades fine and above&quot;, or &quot;all are cleaned&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>That narrows it down...somewhat.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem in the numismatic world is that almost all coins look different.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unless we are talking about PF70 proof coins, since they are supposedly identical because they are free of error.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when you buy a slabbed coin, you expect to buy the coin photograph.</p><p><br /></p><p>While all MS64 coins meet the requirements for MS-64, not all LOOK the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some can be blast white.</p><p>Some can be toned....</p><p>...and some can look like complete dreck with horrible eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when a seller has say 5 1958-D Franklin Half Dollars, that are all NGC slabbed as MS-64, do you think they should list each one?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes. Because when that buyer sees the photo, they want THAT coin. They do NOT want to buy a coin sight unseen, because they can receive a coin that is absolute dreck. Maybe they are collecting all blast-white coins, and do not want a coin that has toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only that, it&#039;s also against eBay policy:</p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Arial"><b>&quot;In addition, listings for certified coins must include an image of the item, &quot;</b></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Arial"><b></b></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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