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how does I begin to tell which coins are real and not cleaned, very frustrating.
It is not easy or even possible to detect a cleaned coin from an unknown seller on
ebay. A bit back I was into
Morgan dollars and bought a crapload of raw coins on
ebay. Got some great coins and got a bunch of losers. What I did develop was finding a few sellers that were honest and accurate with their pics. From there I was off to the races.
Two of my raw Morgan successes:
1) bought a raw 1885 CC Morgan that looked great and it sold for chump change..NGC eventually graded it as MS 65 and I sold it for north of $800
2) saw a nice coin listed as a BU 1884
Morgan dollar and on examining the crappy reverse pic saw what looked like a "cc" under the eagle...I took a chance and got it for around $60 and it WAS a 1884-CC in BU condition probably MS64. Still have that one....
The fun is in the search....
Posted 05/30/2017 8:36 pm
To CCF , I don't recommend buying coins sight unseen . I've done it in the past and refuse to buy again without seeing good photos of obverse and reverse . The only reputable coin dealer that I know of that does not show photos of coins is '' Jack H. Beymer Rare Coins''. With him you don't have to worry about getting inferior coins His prices aren't cheap ,but you get what you pay for . He has a tremendous inventory of Raw coins as well as slabbed . 
