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Message:: [QUOTE="hhearst, post: 18814, member: 777"]Thanks Susan for the info.  Actually I was unaware of item specfics (IS) being implemented it the coin catagory as I do not frequent the eBay forums very much.  After thinking about this, I an not sure this will be very useful with coins, but I am willing to try them.  I have used IS when shopping for a computer on eBay and I found them useful.  However, when shopping for a computer, you essentially are looking for a product that is a collection of different attributes or "specifics" and therefore the IS's can help in the search process.  However, for the most part, this is not how you search for coins.  In some cases I could see how this would be used by people but I would have liked to see different IS's.  I absolutely do not like how these IS's are the same over the whole US Coins category.  I could think of some very useful item specifics that could be used in the mints sets, proof sets, commemoratives and other categories.  I would love to search in mint sets in which I could exclude all "after market" mint set, or those with out the original mint packaging.  Oh well, perhaps these IS's will get better over time.  As far as pre-filled information, I would love it if I could enter in a country of origin and a KM# and have all the other info filled out for me.  But, even KM#'s are not specific enough, so this is a pipe dream.  Best Regards,  - Hal[/QUOTE]