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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2372402, member: 73489"]Damn, it's crazy when you not only have to worry about counterfeit coins but now counterfeit slabs and CAC stickers, too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I know it's not bullet-proof, but I have to remind myself to check the serial number and the CAC listing (if applicable) for any coins I buy going forward. I hear PCGS is now using a state-of-the-art plastic slab that is virtually air-tight and also has chemical elements on the hologram and the slab that its machines can ID.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Can't these companies employ a spectrograph or whatever it's called to make sure that coins are the right metallic composition ? I would also think it's now possible to have super-HD scans of both sides of the coin to show the slightest detail and that would be an additional check against fraud. When you hear these guys at PCGS, NGC, and CAC having to look at 300-500 coins a day, that's ridiculous.  That averages out to 2 minutes TOPS and probably as little as 30-45 seconds on a busy day.  That's too little time to look at a coin, grade it, give it a 2nd look, AND look for fraud.  It's ridiculous. Sometimes I wonder if PCGS and NGC shouldn't buy out ANACS and ICG and consolidate the industry and make it more efficient. I'd pay up for extra security. I always wondered how much time they would spend on modern bullion vs. older coins <$100 vs. older coins $100 - $500 vs. Saints/Morgans/Caped Busts costing thousands vs. super-expensive coins costing tens or hundreds of thousands. Anybody have an idea ?  No way they treat them all the same.[/QUOTE]

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