If you do not know how to grade or identify common flaws, you will waste your hobby money. Consignors write misleading designations on flips and sellers overlook flaws and inflate grades. Here is a quick selection of exaggerated descriptions from HiBid and eBay.
DIPPED CLEANED AU
Not MS64-65. Not gem. Not brilliant uncirculated. Not worth $345. Silver melt.
SCRATCHED, DAMAGED
Not MS62. Not key date. Not brilliant uncirculated. Not worth $295. Album filler.
CLEANED, POLISHED, SCRATCED AU
Not very high grade. Silver melt or album filler.
Here is a cleaned, questionable toning XF45 coin listed as UNC/BU.
Here is an XF45 cleaned Morgan being hyped as brilliant uncirculated with natural toning.
Buying raw coins online requires advanced numismatic skills. Otherwise you will purchase flawed coins or worse, counterfeit ones.
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