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One creative way to give a grade on ebay with the coin in a 2 x 2 flip!
Lakesammman
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Never seen this before - pretty creative! 
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I wish I'd of thought of that.
Don't know if they will still do it, but there was a time when Ebay would remove listings that had ANY mention of a grade on a raw coin.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I have seen a lot of raw coin auctions with a numerical grade in them lately. I thought the bots catch all those even before you list the item, so not sure how those slip through. This one they probably listed as a PCGS coin though. No biggie to me, the coin looks like it was really graded 64, before it was cracked out, probably to put in an album.
You gotta love those crack-outs even the 2x2 says it was an "ex-PCGS" what good is an "EX-Anything" why not try for a regrade? or up grade.
The bottom staple was not replaced. Not only that but most of the coin is covered up. Hmmmm! 🧐
My first impulse would be to pass.... however, since the product is the coin, it would be worthwhile to assess it in hand. I would not bid on it in an auction though. Cheers, RickO
This is not allowed under ebay policy.
There is a seller who writes a high grade on the 2x2 for every coin he sells, and they always go for moon money. I would spend a lot of time reporting them, and ebay finally started deleting them. Now, he still writes a high grade on there, but draws a line through it (you can still read it obviously). Apparently that was enough for ebay, as I can't get them removed anymore.
Buy the tape/label, not the coin!
Thank goodness it was not a Gen 1 label!
Looks like a label from an old rattler slab, There's a good chance the coin has a problem and has never been slabbed.
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I looked up the auction. The coin actually looks like a nice 64, so it seems to me the seller is not lying. Not worth $80 though, unless the variety goes for a decent premium.
I just bypass the numeric grade. PO- MS , and everything in between is a "grade". Ebay just won't allow us to assign a number. Silly as it seems, that's the way of the world today.
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Same coin?
Their bots are decent, but they can only catch text, not something in an image. For example, if you have "MS64" in the title and don't specify a grading company as an item specific, the listing will get blocked. Write something like "UNC 64" and it will go through. And for the record, I only know this after selling ICCS coins. The grading company isn't allowed, at least with eBay US (possibly okay in Canada), but so many listings call out ICCS that you can't really list an ICCS coin as completely raw and compete.
It gets an A for creativity, for sure.
Great photography and an accurate description surpasses any numerical grade......assuming the buyer can agree.
Leo
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So, I guess in this case you are buying the insert tab, not the plastic and not the coin. Are there pictures of the coin unobstructed?
And all those coins look like garbage, and hidden in low light.
Always hated the inability to post a numerical grade on eBay unless the coin is slabbed by an “authorized” tpg. Grading existed way before the tpgs - it’s not like trademarked language or something.
Crack out gone wild!
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
that's different but wicked smart as well
Why would anyone do that. Just leave it alone in its original slab !!! :'(
eBay must be loosening up as I've seen PCI , SEGS, and NCS mention lately in titles.
Perhaps they're catching on to what 99.9% of coin collectors already know about coin grading........nothing!
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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Wow
Pedigree afficiandos should be all over this
Ex-PCGS
Winner!
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I frequently put grades on my raw coins like this : mint state suhixty fore