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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 563073, member: 13650&quot;]What do you mean you guys are saved from the Chinese copies?&nbsp; Half of them are probably in the U.S. and this is where you want to buy from.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I take back some of my previous post here.&nbsp; There are a few bad apples that ruin it for everyone on ebay.&nbsp; There&#039;s more good than bad.&nbsp; And there are some really nice coins.&nbsp; Primarily slabbed.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can enter in an NGC slab&#039;s serial # on the NGC site and verify it exists and that it is the coin that&#039;s actually in the slab.&nbsp; It&#039;s under the research button.&nbsp; &nbsp; Most older ones aren&#039;t photographed though.&nbsp; But the description is there.&nbsp; Look for imperfections that match NGC&#039;s pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t risk a lot of money on loose stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s waaaayy too many counterfeit Morgans for me to consider any loose one&#039;s on ebay.&nbsp; Much less a Trade dollar.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s also plenty of altered coins such as Lincolns that are really hot right now.&nbsp; Some people like to punch their own &#039;S&#039; mintmark on a regular 1909 VDB for example.&nbsp; Or clean them to make them nice and shiny.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Also a lot of bad, artificially toned coins around.&nbsp;&nbsp; And cleaned with bad pictures.&nbsp; Don&#039;t buy anything with bad pics that doesn&#039;t have a return policy.&nbsp; &nbsp; Better yet, don&#039;t bother buying anything that has bad pics and you&#039;ll avoid a lot of problems.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; A seller&#039;s pics should all be relatively uniform.&nbsp;&nbsp; If some have light from one side, than the other, then some are bright/ dark, clear/fuzzy, yellowed, etc.... skip it.&nbsp; They&#039;re hiding problems or adding artificial light to make an average coin look better than what it is.&nbsp; &nbsp; Often times blue lights are used to tint a coin in a picture.&nbsp; &nbsp; The pic sure is pleasing but not a real representation of what you&#039;re getting.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Always evaluate the picture with these aspects.&nbsp; &nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t take anything for granted.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Soon you&#039;ll see the good ones from the bad without having to think about it.&nbsp; It&#039;s either fully lit and clear or it&#039;s not.&nbsp; Shadows hide problems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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