I have been selling on eBay off and on for a few years with a few hundred sales and have always strived to be honest in my descriptions. Quite often the coins I sell come from lots that I purchased for one coin and these lots will contain altered coins and I carefully note this in the description when I turn them over. In all my sales I have had only two return requests, both peculiar. The first was for an early IHC in AU. The buyer was a new collector and decided he wanted to do the set in unc. so hae changed his mind. The second return was for a BU IHC that had great pics. In the buyers defense there was a minute hairline scratch I never saw and didn't show in the pics. If you held the coin at exactly 37 1/2 degrees northwest when the sun just broke the horizon it was there. I noted this when I relisted and it actually sold for substantially moe money. Go figure. That brings me to these coins that have been in a overflow box that I used as I upgraded my LWC set. They have been in there for years and I am trying to downsize as I'm not getting any younger and the kids and grandkids just aren't interested and I cringe at the thought of the wife calling a liquidator. View attachment 1037215 View attachment 1037216 View attachment 1037217 View attachment 1037218
I'm pretty sure that none of mine come close to these two, but like you, I'm not getting any younger. If you are asking, yes, I might consider listing these on ebay if they were mine. Are they cleaned or re-toned? I wouldn't want to take a guess.
The first one appears damaged (scratched) and oily. The 2nd one looks better but I would be suspicious. Pretty sure they have been cleaned at some point. As for retoned, IDK.
I had these in my collection from when I was young and never did anything to them as a cleaning action but I may have applied a light coat of mineral oil to prevent corrosion, something my mentor recommended. That would account for the oil.
Could have been cleaned before you got them. As for the oil, which was a common practice, I don't think that applying such a substance today is desirable.
