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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucky Cuss, post: 1856674, member: 44086&quot;]I was reading the the NGC article (their latest in the series) at the top of this list this evening:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/Landing.aspx?SeriesID=7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/Landing.aspx?SeriesID=7" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/news/Landing.aspx?SeriesID=7</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It occurred to me that when NGC gets one like this, they&#039;re put on the spot, since a counterfeit U.S. coin is illegal to possess.&nbsp; I presume they consequently don&#039;t return such to the submitter, but instead turn them over to the Secret Service?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As to this specific coin, a fake 1883 half, they state that it was a pretty easy call that it wasn&#039;t genuine.&nbsp; I&#039;d say from the photos that it&#039;d still fool a lot of folks (and it obviously fooled someone), particularly if the silver content and thus weight was correct. I frankly don&#039;t see much in the way of the &quot;bumps&quot; they cite as the key diagnostic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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