Stories Of The Novice.

I bought a coin on ebay last year (I was a beginner last year), a 1925 half-Crown (rare date) and paid about 17 pounds for it judging by a blurry photograph and when it arrived, what had looked a shiny possibly high grade coin turned out to have been severely polished so it was much lower graded, in fact it was only a G to Vg grade. I sold it back on ebay and got about a fiver for it. I was crazy enough to believe the blurriness wasn't deliberate, even though I knew how it could be a big con trick.