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<p>[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 4147575, member: 93371"]I am the owner of the fake/fake slab "PCGS" 1856-S shown by the OP; coin scans 5% gold and the rest copper/ nickel. I actually reviewed this example along with a couple Beth brought along to a meeting in DC with Staffers of the Senate Finance Committee discussing counterfeit slabs and intellectual property protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the OP indicated one of the latest scams is "upgrading" a genuine coin into a higher graded holder; many wouldn't fool anyone even remotely familiar with the Hobby- these are some from my personal collection. There are enough red flags for a bull fight but I wonder if the perpetrators knew anything about evasion issues...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071774[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1071775[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 4147575, member: 93371"]I am the owner of the fake/fake slab "PCGS" 1856-S shown by the OP; coin scans 5% gold and the rest copper/ nickel. I actually reviewed this example along with a couple Beth brought along to a meeting in DC with Staffers of the Senate Finance Committee discussing counterfeit slabs and intellectual property protection. As the OP indicated one of the latest scams is "upgrading" a genuine coin into a higher graded holder; many wouldn't fool anyone even remotely familiar with the Hobby- these are some from my personal collection. There are enough red flags for a bull fight but I wonder if the perpetrators knew anything about evasion issues... [ATTACH=full]1071774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1071775[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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