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Message:: [QUOTE="jmccarty, post: 2183857, member: 74979"]Sorry for the OP and bad on ebay for removing negative feedback.   That's it for me, graded coins only unless I have it in my oily fingers to fondle and look at with my magnifying glass. Of course with my trusty google on hand to verify as much as possible what I think I want to buy. Of interest, I travel to Vietnam a lot. Some time back, one of the many street vendors in HCMC offered me a 1967 proof set sealed in cellophane type plastic and in a paper envelope. The envelope was marked 1967 Proof Set, it appeared aged. He said it had belonged to a US service man that abandoned it in the fall of Saigon.  It was $20, I said I will give him $10 and it was a deal.  I mailed the set to my father in the US and he brought it to a local dealer. My dad explained the source and asked if it was real? The dealer opened the package and all of the coins were under-weight, but good counterfeits. A lot of stuff is copied in China and sold on the streets all over the world. The OP at least likely had a roll of real Morgans, just no collector value. The old saying works both ways, "if it seems to good to be true! It is!" Not saying you can't win a good deal at an auction on slabbed coins. Depends on your bankroll and patience to wait for that deal! At least that is what I am learning.[/QUOTE]