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<p>[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 3398819, member: 87186"]Looks like the entity NCG, by using a company name in the coin grading industry which is exceedingly and confusingly similar to a respected company (NGC) which also grades coins, NCG is taking advantage (by trickery) of the goodwill NGC has built up in the industry because it knows or should know that some percentage of people will think NCG is NGC. Not nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, the OP purchased some coins slabbed by a company named <b>N<span style="color: #ff0000">CG</span> </b>thinking they were slabbed by the well known and reputable company <b>N</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)"><b>GC</b>.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly, reselling slabbed coins by NGC would be more easily accomplished than selling coins from an unknown company upon whose grading a coin collector is not going to want to rely. That is why the OP is thinking it is best to remove the coins from the NCG slab. It will be easier for him to sell them unslabbed than slabbed by NCG.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were NGC I might want to look into bringing an action against NCG and the people behind it for trademark infringement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 3398819, member: 87186"]Looks like the entity NCG, by using a company name in the coin grading industry which is exceedingly and confusingly similar to a respected company (NGC) which also grades coins, NCG is taking advantage (by trickery) of the goodwill NGC has built up in the industry because it knows or should know that some percentage of people will think NCG is NGC. Not nice. Apparently, the OP purchased some coins slabbed by a company named [B]N[COLOR=#ff0000]CG[/COLOR] [/B]thinking they were slabbed by the well known and reputable company [B]N[/B][COLOR=rgb(0, 89, 179)][B]GC[/B].[/COLOR] Certainly, reselling slabbed coins by NGC would be more easily accomplished than selling coins from an unknown company upon whose grading a coin collector is not going to want to rely. That is why the OP is thinking it is best to remove the coins from the NCG slab. It will be easier for him to sell them unslabbed than slabbed by NCG. If I were NGC I might want to look into bringing an action against NCG and the people behind it for trademark infringement.[/QUOTE]
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