Grading From Ebay Photos

Both appear to be cleaned to me.

I think the photos have been manipulated to make the coins look better than they probably really are in real life.

The Seller has a little bit of questionable feedback regarding cleaning of currency. If he messes around with paper money he most likely messes around with coins too!

Both have overexposed photos. They have poor luster and signs of cleaning, especially the Morgan. I'd say unc details for each.

If I am considering to buy, I have to admit,
I really don't like grading from ebay their photos, because the quality of them can have huge variation. It is bit easier for the seller to shift his coins, if they have been slabbed first.
That is what started TPGrading in the first place.

Really any coin that is offered on ebay should be slabbed, but that is a problem, because the low value of most of coins offered cannot justify the fees to have them graded.

Nevertheless, I will occasionally attempt to offer a grading opinion from ebay sellers photos, because that is about all that a prospective buyer is left with. That is a whole lot better than nothing at all, for a prospective buyer to consider.

This where a dealer has an advantage, because they submit bulk volumes of coins for slabbing, thus reducing the grading fee cost per coin.

For these coins, I agree with, and respect all of the opinions before mine.

Most photos on ebay are good. Photos of Slabbed coins are some times hard to see the differences. What I found is that you can also check the slabbed companies site to check out another photo.

As an example, here is the same coin in different processing.

Too colorful


Too Dark


What the coin looks like