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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1642374, member: 4626&quot;]Advice for buying on eBay is about the same advice that applies anywhere else, really.&nbsp; Educate yourself enough to be able to catch the most obvious fakes and problems.&nbsp; Have a basic idea of what coins should be worth before buying or bidding.&nbsp; Check the seller&#039;s reputation; if they have low feedback, a lot of negative or neutral feedbacks, or are a very new seller, stay away (unless it&#039;s something not of particularly high value anyway).&nbsp; If there&#039;s no picture or a very poor picture, they&#039;re probably hiding something.&nbsp; If it&#039;s a coin that&#039;s of high value and/or commonly faked (Trade dollars come to mind, and Seated Liberty dollars especially) only get them if they&#039;re graded.&nbsp; Unsearched rolls and bags never truly are; don&#039;t fall for that lol...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway I know some would just tell you to steer clear of eBay altogether, but you can find nice coins for reasonable prices if you&#039;re careful, and my experience with most sellers has been about as good as a lot of brick and mortar coin dealers.&nbsp; I&#039;ve yet to purchase a coin that was fake or inaccurately described.&nbsp; Only had any real problems twice; once from a seller that seemed to have disappeared (got a refund eventually) and from one seller that never sent anything and claimed they did (eventually got the item from the dealer, very much delayed).&nbsp; And this is from years of purchases.&nbsp; It&#039;s a great place if you collect foreign coins and banknotes, as the selection is far better than what most b&amp;m stores seem to have, that seem to have mostly just US stuff with a very tiny world selection if any at all.&nbsp; Just be cautious and smart about it and there&#039;s no reason you can&#039;t get decent additions to your collection from eBay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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