There are many aspects of the hobby with which I am not familiar. One is about what people do when they have a piece they KNOW is a counterfeit. Has anyone here ever submitted a known fake to a grading company? I mean, not to confirm the authenticity (which is a big part of the service that a TPG provides, of course), but to purposely get the coin back in a body bag with the tag marked "Counterfeit?" Is this a thing at all? I know it's considered a waste of money by many, but do some people in the hobby actually collect "certified counterfeits," or more precisely, "(fake) coins in body bags?" Below is one somebody recently submitted and got back as a fake. The owner's not "collecting" fakes like I describe above, rather he IS trying to warn people about a certain group of sellers passing off these fakes of rare South Korean trial/pattern coins over at eBay.
No, but if I were I would likely do it with ICG for the obvious cost savings. I did submit one to them that came back counterfeit and the did bobybag the coin for me. The other thing about ICG is they are very responsive. Your reasoning is sound and I believe they would be happy to oblige if you told them what you were doing this for.
I haven't and I wouldn't spend money just to warn people on ebay. Ebay doesn't care about counterfeits. What interests me more are the ones a TPG certifies as genuine when they aren't. @Jack D. Young has found and published tons of these.
