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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 23708345, member: 93371&quot;]For the 3 top appearing counterfeit Morgan $’s and slabs currently on the Internet there are various states of the on-line cert in a progression…</p><p><br /></p><p>The #1 bad example in my review is the fake 1881-CC; it became notorious on the Internet and the cert was well handled in my opinion!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546683[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Listings are far and few between now and some have taken to interesting approaches to try to sell them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546684[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>#2 is the bad 1883-CC; in this case the cert was deactivated- not quite as effective as the ’81-CC cert, it still will let the researcher know something may be up with this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546685[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After his 1st attempt didn’t work, the seller again tried the new approach:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546687[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546690[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And #3 may be more problematic, as the cert has had no apparent TPG response BUT there is at least an image of the genuine coin (no slab image) in a past auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546691[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546699[/ATTACH] </p><p>Unfortunately, this one does show up in past sales through the PCGS web site and auction archives. The images of this one are particularly hideous…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546703[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546704[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The site for these bad apples has changed its name since I started reporting them; current listing for the 1899’s can be found at <a href="https://collectingio.com/products/1899-morgan-dollar-uncirculated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectingio.com/products/1899-morgan-dollar-uncirculated" rel="nofollow">https://collectingio.com/products/1899-morgan-dollar-uncirculated</a>, they are cheaper to buy in groups of three.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help the TPGs can offer through the on-line certs is certainly appreciated as these bad “coins” continue to plague the marketplace and Hobby- just one’s opinion…[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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