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Message:: [QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 781106, member: 5629"]Timing and audience are important in selling.  Even on eBay, this year already both a PCGS and ANACS VG-10 1914D had sold for $285 each, and a raw in similar condition sold for $199.  These postings contained clear photos.  If the seller in question in this listing had given some clear, high resolution photos of the keys and semi-keys, I am sure there would have been quite a few bids and, regardless of the current economic situation, a high ending price (given that the coins were truly G-F). In our economy today, there is high skepticism, especially for the possibility of fraud with listings like the one referenced here. That does not mean there was anything wrong with the coins or seller, but the listing lent itself to be something other than desired. What close up photos were available were dark, low resolution and hard to see. People are more willing to part with their hard earned cash when there is a higher comfort level, especially when fraud is so rampant today. What *should* have been didn't happen because the seller's listing was lacking. Even sold separately, the keys and semi-keys in *filler* condition would have sold for more than just a "pretty penny" :goof:   Low end, problem coins are still the "poor man's" treasure, and people do still pay for such simply to "fill holes".  But, today, even the "poor man" wants to make sure he's getting the most for his buck.[/QUOTE]