So Many Bad 1881-CC $ "Coins" In PCGS Holders Lately...

This example was pulled earlier this summer:


Recently there were 3 simultaneous listings running with these images:


One of the three had a clear image of the slab:


Listings are gone but another just showed up!


Comparison of the CC MM to known ones:



Makes one wonder what the genuine one actually looks like!

 

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Same seller? Every time you post one of these it makes me happy, I only buy in hand.

 

All different sellers!!! I should have mentioned that...

 

Fake slabs, right ??

 

I have one like the imaged example and it is so thick it won't fit into a PCGS slotted box.

 

Wow.

 

A fifth listing sold earlier this week:

 

Just to be clear...fake slabs, and what kind of coins in them ?

 

All listings have the same cert number. So all coins and slabs are fake

 

6th listing was just removed; found the genuine example on the right:

 

https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/an-epidemic-of-counterfeit-1881-cc-morgans-and-bad-pcgs-slabs/

 

Good read Jack

 

Are all the counterfeit coins struck from the same counterfeit die pairing?

 

Thanks for the link to the article.

 

Great article, thanks!

 

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It is a jungle out there.

Hat's off to Jack and his machete.

 

Should I just tell the seller to see my article?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165895135738?hash=item26a01ee1fa:g:vaUAAOSweM5jyXO6

@justafarmer many of the reverse images are pretty bad; this latest one is clear enough to see the main attribution points:

 

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