Is This Real? 1902 CC Morgan Silver Dollar

Just try and get your money back (paypal is great for it) whether or not he sent you the right coin or the wrong coin. Something is not right with the auction. ebay coin auctions can be shady if not a scam. I just try to avoid them all together unless you really know the seller

I think its about half good and half bad from my experience. I see more people selling coins slabbed coins by illegitimate companies than just about anything else. What scares me more is that these guys are getting mostly positive reviews, even though they are slabbing AU coins as MS66 coins. ebay does nothing about it so I just avoid buying from them.

Ratio411, I totally agree with you on that one

Gotta watch that too though.
If I was to pick the biggest scam on ebay, it would be
coins sold in slabs to appear legit. You have brands like
SGS putting any coin it can get ahold of in a slab labeled
"MS-70". I have seen MS-70 (perfect) SGS slabs with
obviously circulated coins in them! They prey on the folks
that follow the "buy only slabbed coins" advice.

Again, many, if not most, ebay coin auctions are legit.
And many of those are bought and sold by members here!
You just have to be smart and especially avoid glaring
examples of scams.

While I understand the caution necessary when shopping on the internet (not just ebay), the same caution needs to be used when purchasing coins from dealers in brick-and-mortar shops. It all comes down to educating yourself. No purchases are safe unless you know about what you are buying.

ebay has been the scapegoat for scams for a long time. I think this is because they are so much more visible there; but keep in mind that there are just as many dishonest dealers with stores. Either a seller is going to be honest or dishonest, regardless of the selling venue.

As far as the coin in the OP, definitely counterfeit and I strongly recommend filing a claim with Paypal. Paypal tends to be on the side of the buyer and most sellers do not read all of the fine print to see what they need to do to be protected. If the seller didn't ship to you with delivery confirmation, he is already beat. One way or another, he did not send you the coin pictured. Also, by filing with Paypal, you should also receive your shipping back. I would go with "Item not as described" as my reason which a quick scan of the coin you received compared to the coin in the auction would confirm. I would also report this auction to ebay once you have received your money. Your report, coupled with his feedback which has a lot of complaints for misrepresentation, could get him booted.

There are quite a few of those basement slabbers on ebay. I have seen them time and time again. WCG is another one like SGS. Stick with the top 4 tier grading services and you will normally make out well. If I look at a slabbed coin I either get a bad or a good feeling about it..lol Its just me seeing the problems or good things about the coin.. I could tell you some stories about companies like SGS and WCG and the people that bought their coins trying to re-sell them to coin shops..

Conder101- could you elaborate any on the "tells" for the coin in the auction photos? Only thing that stands out to me is the extra-wide rim with a faint ridge running along it, otherwise it looks darned good.

The seller is also listing a bunch of auto key fobs with manufacturer's logos on them... wonder what it would take to track down the trademark law department for those companies juuuuust to check to see if they're properly licensed...