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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 20185, member: 669"]Just a quick counterpoint to all the EBay seller bashing by forum members, myself included:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4l73p" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/4l73p" rel="nofollow">Obverse</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3jzmu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/3jzmu" rel="nofollow">Reverse</a></p><p><br /></p><p>KM#16.1, Meiji 7 (1874) 2 sen bronze with square dragon scales, 14g, 31.5mm, combined 1873-74 mintage slightly under 4-million. I grade it VF+, probably cleaned at some time. (The picture makes the rim ding on the obverse look worse than it is.) If not for EBay how would I have ever found it in Tasmania?</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, I knew what I was looking at, the seller wasn't located in an area with a reputation for scumbag sellers, posted clear pictures, had excellent feedback and a history of selling world coins, and the price was low enough to be worth taking a gamble.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad I did, just as I'm glad I've passed on about 10-15 coins that are missing from my collection for every one I've bid on - successfully or not. In other words I'm one<i> emptor </i> who is very, very <i>caveat</i>![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 20185, member: 669"]Just a quick counterpoint to all the EBay seller bashing by forum members, myself included: [URL=http://tinyurl.com/4l73p]Obverse[/URL] [URL=http://tinyurl.com/3jzmu]Reverse[/URL] KM#16.1, Meiji 7 (1874) 2 sen bronze with square dragon scales, 14g, 31.5mm, combined 1873-74 mintage slightly under 4-million. I grade it VF+, probably cleaned at some time. (The picture makes the rim ding on the obverse look worse than it is.) If not for EBay how would I have ever found it in Tasmania? The point is, I knew what I was looking at, the seller wasn't located in an area with a reputation for scumbag sellers, posted clear pictures, had excellent feedback and a history of selling world coins, and the price was low enough to be worth taking a gamble. I'm glad I did, just as I'm glad I've passed on about 10-15 coins that are missing from my collection for every one I've bid on - successfully or not. In other words I'm one[I] emptor [/I] who is very, very [I]caveat[/I]![/QUOTE]
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