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sirdizzy Valued Member United States 461 Posts	Posted 09/26/2012 8:32 pm Ok I am moving into Seated Liberty coins for my type set and I have noticed a trend on ebay. It seems that they run a lot lower than the suggested guides or numismedia put them at for a lot of the coins and grades especially on the quarters. I was in the coin shop today that has very fair prices and for what they had there in a VG I could get the same coin on ebay in a VF. I definitely want better grades I am just wonder why this particular series the Seated Liberty quarters run on a grade or two people price guides at least on the quarters (haven't looked at the halves that deeply yet). So rather than get just a VG at the coin shop I went with a nice Fine 1904 Barber half for $28 that I will upgrade later (I figured a nice XF Barber half would be one of the last coins I would do because of how expensive they are so for the barber series I have kind of done fillers for now because I think a Barber series coin looks really nice in a Fine grade where as a Seated Liberty coin looks horrible in anything lower than a VF as her head turns into a blob. Plus since I am doing a separate lower end type set for my little boy of just the 20th century coins these lower end barbers will end up in his type set when I upgrade later down the road). The goal is to do an XF or higher type set and try and do nothing below a VF (I could see myself having to go VF on a few coins like Liberty Seated dollars or Trade dollars) but it just seemed strange that the Liberty Seated quarters fetched a grade or two below guides anyone else notice that? Report this Post to the Staff

dsfreeworld Pillar of the Community United States 4337 Posts	Posted 09/26/2012 8:46 pm i agree my first venture into collecting has been ST\tanding LQs and SLDs and I have 18 examples of Quarters and 47 examples of dimes. 80% come from the bay, raw and slabbed. I have them all for below FMV but certainly at greysheet so there is accurate pricing to a certain extent at that level Report this Post to the Staff
Drsandman2 Pillar of the Community United States 1374 Posts	Posted 09/26/2012 9:33 pm Well, virtually all raw coins on ebay sell well below what you will find published in price guides, or online guides. That is because there is always a risk in buying online because you can not view the coin in-hand. Blemishes, scratches, and toning are all difficult to capture in a photo. Also, it is often very difficult to judge whether a coin has been cleaned or doctored just by looking at ebay photos. Report this Post to the Staff
sirdizzy Valued Member United States 461 Posts	Posted 09/27/2012 4:23 pm Well I guess that is to the buyers advantage, you can usually tell details not always if they have been cleaned but at least grade. So far I have done pretty good with ebay with a 1883 no cents Liberty nickel BU, 1943 Steel Cent BU, 1986 Commemorative Liberty Half and 1982 Washington Commemorative half. Report this Post to the Staff
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