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Don't think I had ever seen this TPG...

 

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Looks like I could do the same from my home. All I need is to order a stamp, create the paper on my computer and place it in a screw down tomb.

 

Yeah, but its got that red stamp and a number and....

 

LOL. If it helps I can recreate that red stamp, a number and, well just tell me what you want and I'll make it your own personal slab and label.

 

Well, it’s at least a little more fancy than the typical basement slab for a US coin.

 

I find it a bit weird to write the grams as just "3" without any decimals, I mean they are pretty important as well, especially when it comes from an organization like the US Numismatic Arts Foundation.

 

I think it's a rather attractive and interesting display, if the coin could be removed at will.

 

Google lead me to this discussion about the enigmatic USNAF https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=325350

And includes a link to an associated facebook page which had the following

"Welcome to the "United States Numismatic Arts Foundation" page. The purpose of this page will be to preview coins that are certified by the U.S.N.A.F. and encapsulated in these historic holders. Currently very little is known about this company. I will update information as it becomes available."

No view as to the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of all this but I would suggest caveat emptor.

 

We all see different things in the carnage of this trainwreck. I am more bothered by them going out on a limb and dating the coin to a 400 year spread than dropping the weight decimals. I hope TIF is aware of what she is suggesting. Please, oh please, think twice before breaking that seal and voiding the certification.

When someone writes the history of numismatic entombment, this rare item could be worth tens of dollars. Not everyone will have a 1987 proto-slab.

 

It's interesting to see that the year of 1987 was very productive for USNAF!

 

Now I see that TIF is right since the seals are just a bit of tape residue on the original specimen and on the '8 reals' (I wonder if it is a reale 8 reals or a real 8 reales???). They surely once had stickeres, too.

 

LOL! The CoinCommunity post and link were very interesting. Points to these scammers for creativity

Hey... I think they should partner with Certified Ancient Coin Acceptance. Those USNAF slabs would look so nice with a green CACA bean!

 

In post #10 they grade the Walker and the Morgan as XF.
Need better pics but they look MS to me.
I do like the idea of grading both sides.

 

CACA in Spanish makes an interesting translation to English. Who says scammers don’t have a sense of humor?

 

The OP dirham is a bit worn at the right side of the obverse (where the date is). But it may be a Samanid dirham of about 900 AD. Or is it Abbasid?

 

In this case, I'm the scammer... er... joker. It's part of an elaborate joke Amazingly, almost a hundred people have liked that page and are following it, despite no new posts since I built the site four years ago. I think only 3 or 4% of those followers and likers realized it was a joke. I had forgotten about the FB page and am baffled to see that people are following it.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an...mates-vs-prices-realized.244196/#post-1884558

 

Haha, the linen style insert adds luxurious legitimacy, too.

This caught me off guard. Thanks for the laugh.

 

They were trying to create a new grading system, based on a 100 point scale. The Morgan got an 87 total score, which is equivalent to MS65.

 

Ooo thanks for the close up of the label wcoins. I had missed that USNAF Grading is not an opionion as to the commercial value of any coin. That is a very important disclaimer as understandably most coin buyers would be very concerned to know whether or not USNAF Grading meant that the commercial value of their coin was an opionion or just a standard onion!

 

You imp!