The coins are all shady and my feelings are the seller is also.
I was to trusting now I am not. I cannot and will not allow this to happen again. I am buying slabbed coins or coins I can see in hand from now in. I will also look for dealers who are known to be honest for grading. I know there are plenty of them out there. No question about that. It's a matter of finding them. I have had enough bad experiences to now know there is no such things as a bargain.
@Watchtower said:
The coins are all shady and my feelings are the seller is also.
I was to trusting now I am not. I cannot and will not allow this to happen again. I am buying slabbed coins or coins I can see in hand from now in. I will also look for dealers who are known to be honest for grading. I know there are plenty of them out there. No question about that. It's a matter of finding them. I have had enough bad experiences to now know there is no such things as a bargain.
Hard lesson learned. On the bright side, the knowledge gained from your experience has much value and you do have recourse through PayPal so not entirely a loss but rather a net gain from that perspective.
Do you actually know the seller or is it just someone from Ebay that you were messaging with? Buying raw coins from anyone is a dangerous game. Unless you know what an original coin looks like from years and years of experience you are taking a huge gamble. You should view the coin in hand as well. Unless you are getting them for melt or slightly over the down side is huge. I have been back to collecting fairly heavily for over a dozen years and do not buy raw coins. Even with slabbed coins there is risk if you are not skilled at identifying problem coins.
This comes from me purchasing a lot of raw coins at the beginning and paying some tuition. Good luck and take to heart what these guys are saying. Most if not all are speaking from experience.
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The coins are all shady and my feelings are the seller is also.
I was to trusting now I am not. I cannot and will not allow this to happen again. I am buying slabbed coins or coins I can see in hand from now in. I will also look for dealers who are known to be honest for grading. I know there are plenty of them out there. No question about that. It's a matter of finding them. I have had enough bad experiences to now know there is no such things as a bargain.
Hard lesson learned. On the bright side, the knowledge gained from your experience has much value and you do have recourse through PayPal so not entirely a loss but rather a net gain from that perspective.
Could the 1898 be a proof? I just happened to look at a proof Morgan on eBay today and it has the same hammered look to the obverse.
https://ebay.com/itm/314234528206
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Do you actually know the seller or is it just someone from Ebay that you were messaging with? Buying raw coins from anyone is a dangerous game. Unless you know what an original coin looks like from years and years of experience you are taking a huge gamble. You should view the coin in hand as well. Unless you are getting them for melt or slightly over the down side is huge. I have been back to collecting fairly heavily for over a dozen years and do not buy raw coins. Even with slabbed coins there is risk if you are not skilled at identifying problem coins.
This comes from me purchasing a lot of raw coins at the beginning and paying some tuition. Good luck and take to heart what these guys are saying. Most if not all are speaking from experience.