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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phil Ham, post: 1546359, member: 5787&quot;]I&#039;m usually looking to buy coins of circulation quality and use my judgement on grading a coin and its authenticity.&nbsp; I&#039;m now thinking of buying some coins of higher value such as the 1909-S VDB cent, 1916-D dime, 1932-D &amp; S quarter.&nbsp; I research quite heavily as it is part of the fun of the hobby to me.&nbsp; With the quantity and quality of fakes of these coins, I was thinking that I might look at graded coins.&nbsp; As I&#039;m looking through ebay, I sometimes think that the graded coins are fakes too.&nbsp; If the counterfeiter is good enough to fake the coin, won&#039;t he be good enough to fake the NGC or PCGS plastic holder?&nbsp; How do you tell if it is a graded coin from the grading company?&nbsp; Can you check a registry or something?&nbsp; What prevents the counterfeiter from copying the registry number off of it, if there is such a thing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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