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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 12075902, member: 77639&quot;]What will happen is that for heavily counterfeited slabs, dealers and auction houses and hopefully, collectors will buy only &quot;chipped&quot; slabs and use readers connected to the net to verify the slab.&nbsp; Duplication of a chip ID requires electronics and encryption knowledge and equipment far beyond what&#039;s available to counterfeiters.&nbsp; So far, only PCGS is chipping their slabs and only a small percentage of those on the market are chipped.&nbsp; As slab counterfeiting becomes more prevalent, more folks will send in coins for reslabbing in order to get a chipped slab.&nbsp; Otherwise, they may have a hard time selling their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I submitted a letter to Coin World in 2015 suggesting that TPGs should chip their slabs.&nbsp; Got a mealy-mouth reply that they couldn&#039;t publish it because there were so many letters in line ahead of mine to be published.&nbsp; Real reason was they were developing their own slab chip system, which is now a nothing because PCGS is doing it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hopefully, NGC will start soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The slab chip ID has advantages beyond verifying the validity of a slab.&nbsp; It can simplify inventory control and help prevent theft in coin stores and shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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