So in the process of making a private sale, my buyer assumed that this coin is a knockoff/counterfeit NGC holder The deal was not completed.
What tipped him off? Did he simply run the cert number and get skunked, or was it something with the coin or the holder/stickering?
How knowledgeable is your buyer? Is it possible he was just so naive that he didn't recognize an older-generation holder?
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/214099-020/63/ The coin checks out and I know it is legitimate, he just is unaware of the older holder types
So, 1) You're saying your buyer's a ninny for not recognizing the old holder? Or 2) You really think this is a counterfeit? I still don't know what the exact object of the post is. Wasn't someone pretty sure this was Chinese? Be interested to hear more about that conclusion. * and seems coin checks out in database, so...
Yes I was annoyed that he was unaware of a No line fatty thus assuming this was either a fake or a knockoff of NGC.
OK, good on you. Pupil has surpassed his teacher, time to aim higher with your buyer ** to his credit, at least he had your interests in mind. Not a bad human.
From what I see in the picture I would say it is genuine. It's something like 12 generations before the earliest fake NGC slab I've see.
This situation reminds me of when people don't like to accept old small face notes out of plain ignorance automatically thinking they're fake because they don't remember them. Or perhaps they are too young to have used them when they were the latest design, as if currency didn't have a different design in previous years before they were around. It's a shame that critical thinking skills are in such short supply sometimes.
The thing looks legit to me. I was not aware that the Chinese or anyone else had faked the old NGC holders. All the fakes I have seen were copies of much newer slabs.
