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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 3659670, member: 73165&quot;]Certified coins can only be listed as certified coins with numerical grades from ICG, ANACS, NGC, and PCGS.&nbsp; These companies all have online cert verification and have encapsulated a certain number of coins, so are therefore trusted by eBay. I think the number of coins certified is absurdly low, like 50k, maybe?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Other certified coins can be listed as raw coins, with the certification company and numerical grade obscured from photos and not mentioned in the listing.&nbsp; Raw coins can only be listed with a descriptive grade, such as VF, Choice XF, Gem UNC, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>However...</i> people frequently do list basement slabbed coins with numerical grades showing in photos.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen many instances of the grade itself being mentioned in the description, but I&#039;m sure it happens.Blatant fakes and unmarked replicas abound as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, eBay is a minefield if you&#039;re looking to buy raw coins, but fairly good (in terms of getting what you paid for) on certified coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which version serves eBay&#039;s interests better: disappearing the listing entirely, or marking it as &quot;removed&quot;?&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure I have the answer to that, but I think we can infer eBay&#039;s answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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