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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 4086882, member: 93371&quot;]Not all of the recent fakes and slabs are as easy as these to spot. It does make one wonder what they are thinking when they chose a TPG cert to duplicate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065043[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065044[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065045[/ATTACH]</p><p>I advise folks when considering a purchase of a &quot;certified&quot; example to always check the on-line cert as a point of reference. Many of the fakes use a correct and active cert number, but that is the 1st check, does the number actually exist?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065046[/ATTACH]</p><p>From there it is helpful if there is an image of the coin, preferably in the slab for better comparison. If no image on the cert look-up itself there are at times a link to a recent auction where images can be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065047[/ATTACH]</p><p>Also, the noted latest auction appearances&nbsp; in this cert are an indicator something is terribly wrong!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065048[/ATTACH]</p><p>And then there are the slabs themselves- several of the top TPGs have good images of genuine slabs to aid in detection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly knowledge of how the genuine slab should look and a quick look at the on-line cert would make seeing through these latest ones. One of the latest scams is to &quot;upgrade&quot; a lower grade genuine coin in a higher graded labeled holder!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065050[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065051[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not sure what to even say about these two, but the cert numbers were reported and the certs deactivated!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065053[/ATTACH]</p><p>And of course the latest deceptive struck counterfeits in genuine top TPG holders are the worse and I have had many posts about them in this forum!</p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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