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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1035186, member: 15309"]While I agree, I don't think this practice is new or limited to E-Bay. What really surprises me is that it goes both ways. Believe it or not, it is possible to cherrypick really nice coins with really terrible photos/scans on E-Bay and elsewhere. Here is an example of a beautiful Jefferson Nickel that I bought from DLRC who has possibly the worst images around.</p><p><br /></p><p>DLRC's Image</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JeffersonNickel1948-SPCGSMS66FSObve.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Image</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JeffersonNickel1948-SPCGSMS66FS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this coin at a very reasonable price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1035186, member: 15309"]While I agree, I don't think this practice is new or limited to E-Bay. What really surprises me is that it goes both ways. Believe it or not, it is possible to cherrypick really nice coins with really terrible photos/scans on E-Bay and elsewhere. Here is an example of a beautiful Jefferson Nickel that I bought from DLRC who has possibly the worst images around. DLRC's Image [img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JeffersonNickel1948-SPCGSMS66FSObve.jpg[/img] My Image [img]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Full%20Steps/JeffersonNickel1948-SPCGSMS66FS.jpg[/img] I got this coin at a very reasonable price.[/QUOTE]
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