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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I think it says there are a lot of collectors who like coins that look like this.
Maybe that means there are more collectors uneducated about how to discern a harshly cleaned coin and fair grades?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm not really sure what that listing means for numismatics. I don't see it as a harbinger of chaos and decline. As has been the case for thousands of years--buyer beware.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
No misrepresentation here, but a shame indeed.
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
Cleaning coins to scam beginning collectors is the oldest trick in the dishonest sellers book.
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Moderator
 United States
54280 Posts |
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No misrepresentation here The coin images have been digitally altered to hide the coin's condition. ebay has a policy... "Photos that don't accurately represent the item" are not allowed. The problem is that ebay employees are not willing to remove listings like this because they don't have the item in hand to compare with. The seller's negative feedback should discourage anyone from purchasing anything from this seller, but obviously buyers are not checking feedback. If they did, they'd see: "This seller misrepresents the condition of their coins by using a photo filter" "Silver Dollar Pictures/Images are 'PHOTOSHOPPED'." "Seller photos do NOT match what is received!" "Very Deceptive Photos" "FAULSE (sic) PICTURES" "EXTREMELY photo shopped" "Seller edited the photo on this listing to make it so graffiti would not be visible." Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
735 Posts |
The seller has 154 revised feedback, most likely mainly negatives. I have also heard ebay will remove a bunch of them for big dealers like this.. I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
999 Posts |
Holy cow the seller has a lot of those listed! It looks like Liberty had too much cosmetic surgery.
Edited by Cdncoins
08/25/2023 2:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
It says more about the state of ebay than anything else. "Top Rated Seller" hahaha. "Please look at the pictures as this is the actual coin you will receive" - I did and my eyes hurt. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19143 Posts |
The marketplace--warts and all. As always, buyer beware.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I think there is no need to be an expert to see that the photos are at least "strange". Lots of bright light.
Apparently there is a certain category of sellers who act according to the "scoundrel dealer" manual.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What are the odds that all of those positive feedback ratings are real? I would say low. That looks like an account built at least partly with bots.
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