Ughh! Counterfeit PCGS Slabs

Well the world is filled with S^&^heads. We just have to be smarter.....

 

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You mean poopie heads right since we're not supposed to use special characters to spell out the obvious.............

 

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Not really. it's why I don't like to discuss the diagnostics that allow me to spot a fake slab on an open forum. believe it or not the counterfeiters do monitor at least some of the online fourms. Back in 2007 when the first fake NGC slabs appears we discussed how to identify them on the PCGS forum. Two weeks later a new batch of fake NGC slabs appears and most of the diagnostics we had mentioned had been corrected.

 

Sneaky...

 

Gentlemen, it's 2014, not 1914. No one needs to read an open forum to start an illegal operation. For as long as there been expensive items that people want, there has been fakes and copies of it. I can get fake water if I wanted it!

No one is giving out the recipe for an atom bomb here.

 

And by the way, the original link was pulled down.

 

Haha! Sorry!

 

While they are still off, they ARE getting scary good at it. Less or unknowledgeable beginning collectors will get fooled by the newest generation very easily. It only justifies one of the basics of 'coin collecting 101'....do your homework. Used to be you could spot one rather easily.....not anymore. Check out this comparison on CU....http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=917516