Sometimes sellers on ebay post pictures that are pretty much unreliable and that does not give a coin justice....I'd rather see it in person first but.... I got two coins that I would like to compare with you... the first picture was an 1886 morgan dollar that I purchased for $23.99...in the illustration...the first pic shows wonderful elements of natural rainbow toning....but pretty much the colors look muted (see example below) it doesnt look much, but when I got it in person.... the colors were amazing...I too could not capture the vivid colors on the coin....and the grade looks much higher that what it was suggested...it was listed as AU-50 (see example below) and the second coin that id like to compare is a 1908 Barber Half Dollar...and I purchased it for $20.00 again...its list picture makes it look like its surface looks odd...and that again...it looks very dull and has no luster to it.. (see example below) also the list grade was VG+...when I received the coin, it was very nice....similar to the pic but in my opinion the surface looks original/untampered...again the list seems wrong with the grading.... (see example below) I'm not no top-notch numismatist or nor am I a beginner... I'm only giving suggestions about people buying/bidding on ebay...since there are alot of great deals out there... and sometimes...you can be lucky like me and get coins for way below their estimated prices.... P.S. when you do bid...research the seller 1st and look at the person's items for sale to get an overview... there are alot of "non-legit" (not-real) sellers that have 100% feedbacks but that's because they delete their neg feeds and make up pos feeds.... just thought i'd share that with you... have fun and happy hunting -acsf89
That's fantastic ! I know there are some real bargains on eBay at times. Recently a 1988 RDV-006 sold for $26 !!! I saw it too late, and would have bid for sure. Seller took a bath on that one. Yes, for all the bad things we hear about eBay. There are still honest sellers and a lot of sellers who need to convert items to cash. Fear of eBay items means that some people are going to make fantastic deals, just like you did.
I totally agree 10gary22 about finding great deals on ebay... as far as "people" putting down ebay...hey, more bargains for me...
They can't that I am aware of. I do know enough positives offset the negatives and not sure how long it takes. I also know you can't just look at feedback - you have to read it and look at the auctions. As for ebay - I don't have a problem with it. I also don't worry about people that leave positive feed back on over priced coins or on problem coins. What I do is look at the auctions to see what the sellers say - a lot of them do not list all the problems on the coins. It is almost funny - if they put the word cleaned in the auction the coins will go for a lot less than if they just left the word out. Even on the obvious ones. You just have to be cautious on ebay.
One of my best coins came from an Ebay auction with a blurry picture. A 1857 flying Eagle cent in AU condition. I bid $30.00 and took a chance and it paid off. You can read all the negative feedback about any Ebayer by just going to toolhaus.org and entering their Ebay name.
ya i no, i had the bid up to like 5 mins to go hoping i would get a steal, forgot about it untill it was already over
Sorry to say, but the eBay picture of the half has been set up to mask the heavy scratches that are a sign of heavy cleaning with a wire brush or brillo pad...
