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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 141280, member: 1674&quot;]absolutely!&nbsp; In fact some are so well done that a lay-person would have serious difficulty in noticing it.&nbsp; The possibility of such an event occurring becomes exponentially more likely when dealing with a coin that is worth as much as yours could potentially be worth.&nbsp; Also another way to fake a mintmark is to drill into the rim of the coin and create a hollow space from the rim to beneath where the MM would be.&nbsp; Then take a long pliers like instrument with a raised CC on one end and a hollowed out CC shape on the other and use it to raise a MM from beneath.&nbsp; Then fill the hole in with molten silver (the metal removed from the coin during drilling) and reform the rim to disguise the alteration.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with NNC is that they are not one of the top 6 graders (and of those 6 only 2-4 are really respected) and as such they are not trusted.&nbsp; If you want your coin to sell for anywhere near the prices I quoted above you would need to have your coin graded by NGC or PCGS (assuming it is not damaged/altered/cleaned), no one else will realize as good a sale price as those two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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