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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3075137, member: 27832"]I've spent a lot of time looking at Barber halves, so I see a number of red flags on the Barber half; furthermore, the one shown in the second set of photos looks worse (and clearly different) than the one in the main photo. The Grant commemorative also has the classic look of a Chinese fake. Given those two, I would dismiss the rest of the coins as well; if I looked closely enough at the "valuable" ones, I assume I'd find that they're fakes as well. As far as "no negative feedbacks", I think the explanation has four parts: 1) Some people want fakes, and are happy with what they get at the price they pay.2) Some people are none the wiser, and are very happy with what they think they get at the price they pay. (Been there.)3) If someone complains, the seller can offer a return; if they do that, eBay will generally delete any negative feedback associated with the transaction.4) eBay generally fails to enforce their "no fakes" policy. I've gotten involved with sellers in the past who had great feedback, until I dinged them for selling a fake -- and half a dozen other buyers suddenly looked more closely at the coins they'd received, and also left negative feedback. I've also gotten involved with at least one seller who apologized profusely, took the item back at his expense -- and then re-listed and sold it, again lying about it, after enough time that he probably assumed I'd forgotten about it.[/QUOTE]