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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;E Pluribus Unum, post: 2910909, member: 74265&quot;]Recently, I have been getting into collecting modern commemorative US coins, and I have been searching for these coins on eBay.&nbsp; Scrolling down through a list of &quot;Buy It Now&quot; certified commemoratives (lowest price first), I see several listing photos of beautiful, pristine coins that are listed at the lowest prices.&nbsp; When I click to see the description, I then discover that the listing photo is a stock photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only time I buy coins from eBay with a stock photo is for bullion only.&nbsp; With coins, I always like to see what I am buying.&nbsp; But many commemorative coins can be bought for $15 slabbed as a proof 69.&nbsp; I understand that it would be too time consuming for a vendor to list each and every coin - especially if the vendor has 50 or more to sell.&nbsp; This gives me two options:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) buy a coin knowing only that is has been graded (PCGS PR69DCAM for example).</p><p>2) spend two or three times more money for the coin in the same grade, but knowing that the coin I receive is the same as the coin depicted in the listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have experience buying coins without seeing them?&nbsp; This is not limited to eBay.&nbsp; Many numismatic magazines have ads which list a ton of coins specifying only the grade.&nbsp; I would never pay $250 for a Trade Dollar graded XF 40 with out seeing the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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