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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 21703209, member: 77639&quot;]I suspect that some instances where PCGS or NGC supposedly certified a fake coin were really fake coins in fake holders that had been submitted for reholdering.&nbsp; Then the fake coins got genuine holders and were put on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>More insidious and harder to detect would be when a genuine lower grade coin is put in a fake holder with a higher grade on the label.&nbsp; The coin is then submitted for reholdering and gains a genuine holder.&nbsp; Thus, there is a real coin in a real holder; it’s just the grade that’s wrong.&nbsp; If the crook carefully matches the lower grade coin to an existing certified higher-grade coin, and if the lower grade coin in the fake holder does manage to get reholdered, then the coin is going to fool lots of folks.&nbsp; There are coins where a 1 point increase in grade can increase the market value 5-fold or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it’s important that:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Folks at TPGs who do reholdering need to be experts in detecting fake slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; All new holders should have imbedded NFC or other wireless chips.&nbsp; If done in the most sophisticated way, the chips are essentially impossible to duplicate or transfer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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