Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;renhoek, post: 690847, member: 20588&quot;]<b>Fake Cobs</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have bough alot over the years from littlejoe8668 - he is really Paul Karon who is like the Top Guy on this stuff and nothing I have ever bought from him was fake.&nbsp; He just has tons of the stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; I get mostly Silver Cob&#039;s.&nbsp; Although this was before my time no one collected the things and alot were simply melted for their silver content,&nbsp; as that is what they usually sold for back then unless you had a really good one.&nbsp; When the Hunt Brother&#039;s tried to corner the silver market I am sure a ton of these were melted.&nbsp; Luckily there is now an interest in them.&nbsp; Have always liked idea that if you have 2 cobs and they are the same, they are fake!</p><p><br /></p><p>Dos anyone know of someone like PCGS or ANACS or NGC slabs these things?&nbsp; has been a while and while I have sent my coins to ANAAB&nbsp; to be verified (they talk a picture of both sides of the cob and then give their opinion).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is it can take months as they have wait for a guy who is an expert in the field to come in and verify and isn&#039;t cheap and still isn&#039;t slabbed but the pictures are good but it would not be hard for some swindler to counterfeit the stuff these days.&nbsp; Anybody know of reputable source that slabs cobs?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sam[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in