I have a well done 1916-D Merc that is counterfeit. I also have a genuine 1916-D slabbed in my safe. I plugged the hole in my Merc book with the counterfeit piece. I have no intent whatsoever of misleading anyone. I am quite the opposite sort of person. But if I depart this party tomorrow, my family will disperse my collection and now I am thinking that may lead a buyer to believe the coins my family is selling may be bogus. And if I leave the hole empty in the book, my ADD will go nuts..... Why do I make myself crazy with these kinds of thoughts????
Tape a note into the album explaining that the hole is occupied by a counterfeit simply to indicate completion of the series, and that it represents the real coin in your SDB.
Permanently marking the counterfeit itself is best. Permanently marking the album just ruins the album, and does no good; someone with ill intent would buy a new album and move everything there, or more likely sell off the fake individually.
Agree with post #4. It doesn't ruin the album, it safeguards it. And in regards to the hijack, why do you want counterfeit coins in slabs? To embarrass the companies? What do you get out of it when you tell them they graded/ slabbed a counterfeit as real? Why pay the grading costs? TY
Wasn't meant as a "hijack" unless that is a greeting to me. I thought the topic was the proper way to mark a counterfeit, and my slabbed example is in an album as well. Purchased many of them in the slabs; the point is how deceptive these are even to paid professionals, and collectors need to be diligent and know what they are collecting in my opinion, not just buy TPG's opinions. TPG's need to be informed of the threat as well- hopefully adds to their diligence. One of the main benefits of the slabs in my opinion is the guarantee of authenticity if you discover you have purchased a fake in a holder. The information is being shared through on-line venues like Coin Week in an effort to get the word out.
The company (not companies as only one slab is pictured) should be embarrassed about the fake slabbed as genuine. I would like to give you a THANK YOU for posting that. I know, buy the coin-not the slab. This a good reminder. To the OP-ultimately the album is yours so do what feels right to you. Holes drove me crasy so I just popped a 16 P in mine
ROFL! If that comment is for me,I was told years ago to avoid old men wearing bags on their heads who expose themselves. I do suspect that when you bend over (since you brought it up) the only thing one would see is a crack. Thanks for the laugh
I think if you collected mercs with the blue Whitman album, the 1916D space was covered with the word “rare”
I have 2 Henning nickels that ICG slabbed, but the holder says "Counterfeit: Henning Issue" on them with a bright yellow label with the word "fake" in different languages . I paid for the slabbing because these go for anywhere between $50-$100 each. They are a part of history as it was done by a known counterfeiter who passed them off into circulation; not done by some unknown Chinese counterfeiting ring who mainly do rare and valuable specimens to fool collectors.
Well that leads me to a question. The 1798 cent is marked PCGS Genuine. I have not seen a slabbed piece marked “genuine” before. My assumption was the slab itself had been faked. Does PCGS mark pieces “genuine”?