Good news : they do have a spot to check certificate numbers : http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?NewsletterNewsArticleID=272 Bad news : Members only ! :headbang:
Looks like everyone has a PREMIUM Service. It even costs to see if the NGC graded coin you bought is real... No Thanks I'll just stay out of the fray and only offer moral guidance from the sideline... Ben
But BD, you could be saving a ton of ink in those special grading pens! ...and those 'special' gift boxes...this could be a huge opportunity for BENT SS
That's the other services. PCGS will pay 50c per insert and ICG will give $1 credit for modern inserts and $2 credit for classic coin inserts. NGC & ANACS give nothing.
Why would NGC care? The inserts aren't of any real value. I've got hundreds of NGC inserts for real coins, not glorified bullion and they won't buy these back from me.
It's not uncommon for the major companies to have large quantities of cracked out slabs and boxes. The empty packaging for moderns trades all of the time on the wholesale market. I don't know why anyone would want a bunch of NGC slabs, since they don't pay the deposit returns on them like PCGS does.
Whoa...now all the chinese counterfeiters need is the plastic and the hologram. They have the legit NGC labels and inserts now.