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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 5524821, member: 115909"]Lately I’ve been reading about Chinese coin counterfeiting. It seems like a problem everyone wants gone but whenever one anti-counterfeiting method is implemented the counterfeiters find a way to beat it.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are getting so good that they are even counterfeiting PCGS & NGC holders so accurately that most people would see them and think they were authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that PCGS already takes photos of coins. I don’t know if it’s a paid thing or if they do it automatically.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet there are also a <i>huge </i>number of coins that have been graded yet do not have photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine how difficult it would be for counterfeiters to sell fake graded coins if <b>every </b>graded coin was photographed!</p><p><br /></p><p>Every coin (even of the same type) is unique. They all have unique dings & scratches and toning and many other variables.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t think there is any way counterfeiters could make fakes so good that they matched the coin in the pictures and thus if someone saw a PCGS or NGC slabbed coins they could instantly determine if it’s real or not by quickly looking up the cert # and seeing if the coin in the picture matches the coin in front of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else think a large majority of counterfeiters could be put out of business if both PCGS & NGC took high quality photos of every single coin they graded?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 5524821, member: 115909"]Lately I’ve been reading about Chinese coin counterfeiting. It seems like a problem everyone wants gone but whenever one anti-counterfeiting method is implemented the counterfeiters find a way to beat it. They are getting so good that they are even counterfeiting PCGS & NGC holders so accurately that most people would see them and think they were authentic. I know that PCGS already takes photos of coins. I don’t know if it’s a paid thing or if they do it automatically. Yet there are also a [I]huge [/I]number of coins that have been graded yet do not have photos. Imagine how difficult it would be for counterfeiters to sell fake graded coins if [B]every [/B]graded coin was photographed! Every coin (even of the same type) is unique. They all have unique dings & scratches and toning and many other variables. I don’t think there is any way counterfeiters could make fakes so good that they matched the coin in the pictures and thus if someone saw a PCGS or NGC slabbed coins they could instantly determine if it’s real or not by quickly looking up the cert # and seeing if the coin in the picture matches the coin in front of them. Does anyone else think a large majority of counterfeiters could be put out of business if both PCGS & NGC took high quality photos of every single coin they graded?[/QUOTE]
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