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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8397522, member: 27832"]Oh, man, buying from bad eBay images was a whole sub-hobby for me for a few years. I'll have to see if I still have any of the images filed away. I believe I've posted some of them on CT already.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best one was probably a big pile of mostly obviously damaged/corroded junk coins. The one on top was a holed, graffitied 1878 Trade dollar, showing the obverse. When I got the lot, that dollar's reverse had no mintmark. It was a proof-only issue, genuine, 900 minted. I found a buyer who was collecting holed proof Trade dollars, and about quadrupled my money on that single coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8397522, member: 27832"]Oh, man, buying from bad eBay images was a whole sub-hobby for me for a few years. I'll have to see if I still have any of the images filed away. I believe I've posted some of them on CT already. Best one was probably a big pile of mostly obviously damaged/corroded junk coins. The one on top was a holed, graffitied 1878 Trade dollar, showing the obverse. When I got the lot, that dollar's reverse had no mintmark. It was a proof-only issue, genuine, 900 minted. I found a buyer who was collecting holed proof Trade dollars, and about quadrupled my money on that single coin.[/QUOTE]
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