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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 282302, member: 66&quot;]probably because &quot;Not Genuine&quot; and Counterfeit believe it or not do NOT mean the same thing.&nbsp; It is a semantic difference but a legally important one.&nbsp; PCGS is rendering an OPINION.&nbsp; When they say Not Genuine, they are saying that in or opinion we can not confirm that this is the genuine article.&nbsp; It is slightly vague, and leaves some &quot;wiggle room&quot; because after all they could be mistaken.&nbsp; Saying that it IS counterfeit is&nbsp; making a pronouncement.&nbsp; You are not saying what something Might be, you are declaring what it <b>IS!</b>&nbsp; And that declarative statement could get them in trouble if it turns out they were wrong and someone was injured financially because of that error.&nbsp; On their earliest bodybags most of the services DID use the term counterfeit.&nbsp; But it was quickly changed to Not Genuine, probably on the advice of their lawyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short thy are saying what it isn&#039;t, not what it IS.&nbsp; Safer that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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