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To be clear I wasn't second guessing the grade on the coin I referenced. It was graded right, but the picture I had was only of the obverse and it was very clean. When I received it, the back was COVERED with carbon spots. Eye appeal can be just as important as technical grade, if not more. I bought without a return policy because it was slabbed. Live and learn.
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coinshopworker

Thanks for sharing your experience.
I bought a raw 31 s cent once when I was a ebay newbie.
The Obverse had a nice big pix and looked VF
the reverse had a smaller pix.
When I got the coin it did not have full wheatlines , it had vg reverse.

The coin was advertised as an XF+++++

That Seller is no longer on ebay
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For me the moral of these stories is the brick and mortar shop will always have a place in the hobby. Ten good deals online can be wiped away with one of our examples. In a shop you can turn the coin over, look at it through a loop, and you know where to find the seller.
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