A Sucker For Ebay, Should I Submit For Grading 1879-O

From raw to graded and everything in between, I buy everything. Recently, I have been very interested in learning about and understanding grading. As a result, I have been accumulating raw coins to send in myself to see the differences in grades and grading companies, etc, in an effort to expand my coin knowledge.

That coin looks nothing like the sellers pictures. Harshly cleaned. Would be sending it back in a heartbeat. Auctionkings is on my seller exclude list.

as you get further into coin collecting finding a good coin club is worth pursuing. I'm not sure what your options will be locally but nationally the American Numismatic Association (money.org) is amazing. they offer a ton of educational programs and put on some rather impressive coin shows. they are a non profit that is congressionally chartered so they are as legit as it gets.

coin clubs will put you in touch with people who share your hobby and arent trying to profit off of you. since you seem interested in morgans you will probably find many people with similar interests. morgans are very popular. many of them will have coins they can show you. there is no substitute for seeing coins in hand. coin shows and coin clubs are the way to go if you want to see a lot of coins.

Great perspective, I'll be opening a return. For laughs this was the title "1879 O MORGAN! ABSOLUTE KNOCKOUT! ULTRA BLAST WHITE BLAZER$$$ SO RARE " and again the photo that was listed:

Don't feel bad or hesitate to send a coin back for refund. It is wise to buy from sellers that accept returns. Yes it's a hassle to mail them back but in the long run you'll have a better more valuable collection than just keeping a coin you paid too much for. You will learn to usually tell the difference between an honest good photo from those that hide defects, the lighting, shadows, out of focus, etc. The ebay seller you bought from uses misleading pics as evidenced from prior posts about him.

Collectors have found good buys on ebay for mint state coins, varieties, scarce to rare and then sent them in to be graded making them worth more. But such collectors have experience and know what they are buying. For beginners it is a good idea to buy some coins already graded by the respected graders, PCGS, NGC, ANACS, etc..

"A wise collector wouldn't have even purchased a coin like that in the first place, so there wouldn't even be a need to return it." - One could say that I am being impatient, but I think one could argue that when you see stunning pictures with a description that captivates and you see there is only a minute before it ends and it seems like a great deal, not sure what more I can do on my end. I think one could say I trust ebay and the sellers with 100% feedback and 65k positive reviews. I am definitely interested in hearing ideas on what I could do in the future to mitigate this issue, the only one I can see is not to buy on ebay since I have only photos, descriptions,s and feedback to go off. Not quite sure how I am at fault here. I definitely agree with educating myself, and I'm working on it. I have been a buyer of coins and precious metals for roughly 35 years, but never got into grading or graded coins, mainly purchased raw and for the character.

Provide a link to the listing. The coin in the seller's image is not the same coin in your images. If the listing says "stock image" or has "xx available", etc, then you know you'll get a random coin. You seem to be a sucker for a "great deal", given that this phrase is evident in many of your posts, and no one can cure you of that except yourself.

AuctionKings photos are juiced, and the photos do not represent what the coin looks like in hand. Buying a coin from this seller in a TPG holder or raw is going to be a problem. The seller shows 100% feedback, but has 344 revised feedbacks that ebay has removed. There is one current negative feedback that could have tipped you off not to buy from the seller as noted below:

"Sellers photos are not a misrepresentation of what the coins actually look like. He says black and white with mirrors buts it's grossly exaggerated and there is no black look whatsoever. Look up the coins on the verification sites for PCGS and NGC if you want to see what they truly look like. Grade is sound of course but the description is grossly exaggerated and misleading to say the very least. Not sure what method of photography they use but it's done in such a way to mislead how the coin looks".