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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 341145, member: 4552"]There is another problem that many are not yet aware of. That is the counterfeiting of the coins and the slabs. So just because a coin is in a PCGS slab it may now be a fake as well as the coin. The real problem here is how many collectors do not take the coins out of the slab so they may never know if real or not. Naturally the number on the more popular TPG's can be verified but if you check on a number and it turns out to be maybe real, you might be shocked to know that hundreds of other people have that same coin in the same slab with the same number. For all anyone will know soon is the coins in the slabs could be made of Lead with a gloss. Slight exageration but just how would you know? I've seen some at coin shows and you just could not tell. </p><p>Then to make matters worse there is a growing hobby of collecting counterfeits. This only acts to enourage those that make them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 341145, member: 4552"]There is another problem that many are not yet aware of. That is the counterfeiting of the coins and the slabs. So just because a coin is in a PCGS slab it may now be a fake as well as the coin. The real problem here is how many collectors do not take the coins out of the slab so they may never know if real or not. Naturally the number on the more popular TPG's can be verified but if you check on a number and it turns out to be maybe real, you might be shocked to know that hundreds of other people have that same coin in the same slab with the same number. For all anyone will know soon is the coins in the slabs could be made of Lead with a gloss. Slight exageration but just how would you know? I've seen some at coin shows and you just could not tell. Then to make matters worse there is a growing hobby of collecting counterfeits. This only acts to enourage those that make them.[/QUOTE]
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