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Message:: [QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 4161693, member: 93371"]I would like to add a couple to this "Tidal Wave" of bad slabs/ coins; a dealer friend asked for help with this one. It walked into his store and he made a bad decision in a rush- initially looked OK but on further review not so much. Turns out as I was told it is one of 10 compromised cert numbers in the series and the folks responsible were under scrutiny by the ACTF and as I understand it ultimately Secret Service. Will be interesting to hear how it eventually turns out. [ATTACH=full]1073387[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1073388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1073389[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1073390[/ATTACH] I hope some of the apparent mean spirited back and forths in this “discussion” do not detract from the message of the growing concern of these threats to the Hobby; I have tried to add a few from my records to the OP’s to show the breadth of the issue that includes collector coins, bullion types and foreign items (ironically many Chinese “coins”). One well known author has added a discussion of the counterfeit slab issue in the 4th edition of her book to be released in the near future, so hopefully the concern will continue to reach members of the Hobby going forward.[/QUOTE]