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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C G Memminger, post: 1949872, member: 71506&quot;]Bad photos on ebay have been very good to me.&nbsp; Both for coins and paper. Some were pure luck, like this one:&nbsp;&nbsp; 1881-CC GSA Morgan Dollar.&nbsp; obverse photo only, horrible detail, and looked like someone had run it through a blender.&nbsp; My snipe caught it for $385, which is a good price no matter the condition.&nbsp; It arrived, and the obverse was a little better than expected.....but the reverse was full-spectrum crescent rainbow covering half of the surface area.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at listing for a CSA bond. Seller gave no details about bond, and only a dark, grainy front photo.&nbsp; The bond in question (1864 $1000 Equestrian) has 30 different Ball variations, and was issued in 12 series.&nbsp; I knew I had something from the First, Third or Fifth Series (thin cursive fancy Fs and Ts made it impossible to distinguish), signed by Apperson, and a 4-digit serial of 5xxx.&nbsp; I sniped assuming the most common possibility, with 30 minutes to go and no pending bids.&nbsp; I&#039;m praying for a Third Series (a 1 in 3 shot) and a serial of 5701-5800 (a 1 in 10 shot). My 30 to 1 longshot came through.&nbsp;&nbsp; A Ball 326, a Trans-Mississippi bond reissued in Houston by a CSA Depositary.&nbsp; Only 100 such bonds.&nbsp; R 7+&nbsp; &nbsp; Yahoo!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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