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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2865512, member: 77639&quot;]I think some sellers don&#039;t really want to sell their coins because the titles of their ads make it hard to find specific coins by searching.&nbsp; I do coin shopping on eBay primarily by searching titles.&nbsp; Browsing categories requires too much time to find what I want, and many coins are misclassified.&nbsp; I always order search results by price and go through them from low to high.&nbsp; My comments are directed toward sellers of US coins and modern (as opposed to ancient) world coins.&nbsp; Instead of listing gripes, I&#039;ll use the positive approach and say what they should do.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Always include the date and mint in the title.&nbsp; Not hard to find sellers who don&#039;t.&nbsp; Use the letter(s) and spell it out too; e.g. Carson City (CC).</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; State the denomination in as many ways possible; e.g. Indian head $5 five dollar half eagle</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; For world coins, put the country in the title.&nbsp; Not everyone knows that 10 som coins come from Kyrgyzstan.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Spell out the grade and use the abbreviation too.&nbsp; Use both the hyphenated and non-hyphenated abbreviations.&nbsp; Example: mint state 62 (MS62, MS-62).&nbsp; Use terms and abbreviations of both main grading services even though the coin has been graded by only one.&nbsp; Example: proof 63 (PR-63, PR63, PF-63, PF63).&nbsp; Include the abbreviation of the grading service if any; e.g. NGC, PCGS, ANACS, CAC.&nbsp; State the basic grade alone and also with qualifiers if applicable. Example: mint state 63 red brown (MS63, MS-63, MS63RB, MS-63RB).&nbsp; This can get a bit tedious where the grading services use different terminology, but as a seller, you don&#039;t want a buyer to miss your ad because they searched only DMPL when your ad title had only DPL.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; Spell out and use abbreviations (where appropriate) for special characteristics.&nbsp; Examples:&nbsp; double die obverse (DDO); Bay Bridge; Morgan; struck through; seated liberty; toned, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. State the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp; Use puffery words (e.g. stunning, gorgeous, rare, etc.) sparingly.&nbsp; Save puffery for the body of the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although it&#039;s not part of the title, another thing is to have great pics.&nbsp; Include close-ups of obverse and reverse, and if it&#039;s certified, pics of the entire obverse and reverse of the slab.&nbsp; Sometimes if the pics are crummy, but the cert. no. is readable, I can find better pics on the net. But the best pics in the world are useless if the title doesn&#039;t contain words that will bring me to the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suggestions may make for a clunky looking title, but at least I&#039;ll find the ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really miss the search wildcard (*) that eBay eliminated a few years ago for mysterious reasons.&nbsp; It would allow finding ads that lacked complete titles, had misspellings, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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