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<p>[QUOTE="Teddydogno1, post: 1990146, member: 71226"]The other day I was browsing eBay for coins to buy with a bonus-buck offer and decided to buy a British Trade Dollar. It was listed at 1900 with no mint mark and the photos were not quite good enough to tell if it had a "B" in the trident or not. It LOOKED like it could well be a no-B coin and worth well over the $100 asking price. Since it had a return policy, I went ahead and purchased it. In hand today, it clearly DOES have a B so it a very common date and mark. Seller called it XF condition and that may well be true. But I also think it may be cleaned. So from what I have seen, this should probably be a $50 coin max, but thought I would get confirmation from The CT before sending it back (since I really don't know what I'm doing).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the listing with the sellers pics...I probably can't do too much better until the weekend (if then).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/291238922500?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/291238922500?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/291238922500?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Any and all thoughts are welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Teddydogno1, post: 1990146, member: 71226"]The other day I was browsing eBay for coins to buy with a bonus-buck offer and decided to buy a British Trade Dollar. It was listed at 1900 with no mint mark and the photos were not quite good enough to tell if it had a "B" in the trident or not. It LOOKED like it could well be a no-B coin and worth well over the $100 asking price. Since it had a return policy, I went ahead and purchased it. In hand today, it clearly DOES have a B so it a very common date and mark. Seller called it XF condition and that may well be true. But I also think it may be cleaned. So from what I have seen, this should probably be a $50 coin max, but thought I would get confirmation from The CT before sending it back (since I really don't know what I'm doing). Here is the listing with the sellers pics...I probably can't do too much better until the weekend (if then). [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/291238922500?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url] Any and all thoughts are welcome. Rob[/QUOTE]
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