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Message:: [QUOTE="National dealer, post: 3685, member: 487"]Your advice is sound. It should be applied to all coins sold, not just on ebay. As far as unsearched wheats go. This scenario was played out many years ago. Your odds of finding the 1909S VDB, or 1922 Plain are about the same as the powerball. The standard for unsearched in this hobby today equals to not searched for RPM's, OMM's, DDO's, DDR's and that sort of thing. As these would take too much effort for the profit. As first hand experience, we buy so many bags of wheats each year, as does every major dealer around the country. They get turned over frequently. Yes it is great to search through the wheats for the occasional Indian or semi key. It can be used for improving grading skills, and quality time for family and friends. Do not be mislead in this hobby. Take the time to learn everything you can. Read, read, and read some more. I do not wish to burst anyones bubble. Just pass along a little wisdom. As far as knowing whether a coin is real or not. Any real dealer will know. We see fakes on a regular basis. Too much info is out there about size, weight, composition, die states, and so forth to not know. Just because someone sells coins, it does not make them a dealer or numismatist. I can install a toilet. It does not make me a plumber.[/QUOTE]