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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2729503, member: 19463&quot;]The question now is what you can do to improve not only this situation but future outings.&nbsp; I assume you will notify the seller and spend as much &#039;encouraging&#039; them to do the right thing as you spent on the coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t buy coins this expensive but, if I did, I would consider either travelling to view the lots in person or bidding through an agent who could see the lots and waive you off at the first sign of a questionable coin. I last used such an agent nearly 20 years ago.&nbsp; Are there still people who do this (for a price)?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>No one can declare a coin &#039;good&#039; from photos.&nbsp; We only can say that nothing shows in the photo that bothers us.&nbsp; It is often possible to say without doubt that a coin is &#039;bad&#039; seeing only a photo.&nbsp; This is the tragedy of collecting in the age of 100% photographed sales.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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