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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 135132, member: 4626"]Likely he is genuninely a seller that doesn't know much about coins, lol. Some have to exist I guess. I've bought coins on eBay from such people... often they have high feedback as sellers but not for selling coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's pretty common for coin sellers, even knowledgable ones, to back off trying to estimate a grade unless it's slabbed, because they're worried they'll have to deal with the hassle of returns and possibly negative feedback if the buyer disagrees with the seller's estimate. You'll also find phrases like "here's the pics, you decide the grade" or "I think it may be this grade, but you may disagree" and such to avoid that kind of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that 1920 is in fact a 1920D than even in that condtion that price is a bargain... I agree that it's quite possible that the high bidder asked for pics of the reverse and saw that it was a D... if both of them are D's or even S's suddenly the price doesn't seem unreasonable at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 135132, member: 4626"]Likely he is genuninely a seller that doesn't know much about coins, lol. Some have to exist I guess. I've bought coins on eBay from such people... often they have high feedback as sellers but not for selling coins. It's pretty common for coin sellers, even knowledgable ones, to back off trying to estimate a grade unless it's slabbed, because they're worried they'll have to deal with the hassle of returns and possibly negative feedback if the buyer disagrees with the seller's estimate. You'll also find phrases like "here's the pics, you decide the grade" or "I think it may be this grade, but you may disagree" and such to avoid that kind of thing. If that 1920 is in fact a 1920D than even in that condtion that price is a bargain... I agree that it's quite possible that the high bidder asked for pics of the reverse and saw that it was a D... if both of them are D's or even S's suddenly the price doesn't seem unreasonable at all.[/QUOTE]
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