Bidding on coins with bad pictures-revisited, using guides to determine a low price

I noticed nobody bid on these two v nickels. The picture is not so good but do see some LIBERTY letters. Anyone else trying this lately? http://www.ebay.com/itm/180979963266?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I was also wondering if anyone checks the guide and if the price is significantly lower the price maybe ok? I know that these guides are not a really good guide for value but sometimes I get a coin for less than 50% of all the price guides I check including the lower guides. I tend to think that Numismedia and the Redbook can be kind of high for some coins but think they can be used for relative prices considering the mintage. Maybe the mintage is more important than the price in these guides? I just won this coin that is less than 50% of all guides for this coin. I believe the coin looks closer to F12 but the seller listed it as VG:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320988186982?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

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Yes, I am splitting hairs with the dollar coins that the guides say should cost $2.25. I asked about the "no cent" coin because it has almost all of the liberty except part of "I" and a small part of the "L" which looks borderline F12 or close to it. I was outbid on low cost lots with 1883 "cents" in them and higher grades that would have been better. The $4.60 savings on the 1883 probably don't matter much. I can't determine how much of the "Liberty" the dollar coins have. I have been finding quite a few dollar or two dollar coins on Ebay lately:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150897792755?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trkshttp://www.ebay.com

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170891686252?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261076368770?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649