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<p>[QUOTE="Casman, post: 5199024, member: 85295"]I’ve had the opposite experience with raw coins on Ebay</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No. It’s easy if you’re not buying blind. I’ve had the opposite experience buying raw on Ebay and near all have straight graded. I say near as 1 came back cleaned. My first 3 raw were purchased for $110 total. Those 3 I sold for $11,200, granted they were proofs. At that time I used to say I don’t even know what I’m doing, and had limited knowledge beyond hitting the buy button. While I continued with the proofs I also transitioned to business strikes without issues. Those also straight graded and I stuck with those sellers. Some are known for selling junk.</p><p>I will say that my series focused on coins from the 1940’s up and I suspect it’s more difficult with 100 yr old coins if you don’t spend the time and depending on the price there’s likely a reason their not already graded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Casman, post: 5199024, member: 85295"]I’ve had the opposite experience with raw coins on Ebay No. It’s easy if you’re not buying blind. I’ve had the opposite experience buying raw on Ebay and near all have straight graded. I say near as 1 came back cleaned. My first 3 raw were purchased for $110 total. Those 3 I sold for $11,200, granted they were proofs. At that time I used to say I don’t even know what I’m doing, and had limited knowledge beyond hitting the buy button. While I continued with the proofs I also transitioned to business strikes without issues. Those also straight graded and I stuck with those sellers. Some are known for selling junk. I will say that my series focused on coins from the 1940’s up and I suspect it’s more difficult with 100 yr old coins if you don’t spend the time and depending on the price there’s likely a reason their not already graded.[/QUOTE]
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