Counterfeit PCGS 1916-d Dime on eBay

gorebels

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166991436226

https://coins.ha.com/itm/mercury-dimes/1916-d-10c-vf25-pcgs/a/1362-3482.s

I notified the seller. Let’s see if he does the right thing.

TxCollector

It looks like someone stuck a Great Collections sticker on the bottom of the slab for added effect:

allnewsanchor

The funny thing is... while it's likely fake, it's labeled VF when it looks more like an EF.

dsessom

Right off the bat, the slab looks off. PCGS normally has a 3 prong gasket around the coin, or no prongs. That one has 4 prongs on the gasket. (I know NGC does this, but not PCGS as far as I know).
The coin itself looks genuine as far as I can tell, so if it's counterfeit, it is a pretty good one.

johnny9434

@allnewsanchor said:
The funny thing is... while it's likely fake, it's labeled VF when it looks more like an EF.

another selling point maybe?

braddick

Here is the genuine coin:

dsessom

@gorebels said:
I notified the seller. Let’s see if he does the right thing.

Well, 7 hours later, it's still up for sale. $1,500 starting bid, with zero actual bids so far.

jmlanzaf

@allnewsanchor said:
The funny thing is... while it's likely fake, it's labeled VF when it looks more like an EF.

The obverse looks more like a VG... or the chocolate melted

gorebels

@dsessom said:
Right off the bat, the slab looks off. PCGS normally has a 3 prong gasket around the coin, or no prongs. That one has 4 prongs on the gasket. (I know NGC does this, but not PCGS as far as I know).

Good catch. I’ve got hundreds of PCGS coins and never knew that.

gorebels

@jeffas1974 said:
It looks like someone stuck a Great Collections sticker on the bottom of the slab for added effect:

I looked at all the GC sales for this coin. It doesn’t match any of them.

gorebels

@allnewsanchor said:
The funny thing is... while it's likely fake, it's labeled VF when it looks more like an EF.

And a heavily bleached one at that!

gorebels

@braddick said:
Here is the genuine coin:

Note that the counterfeiter tried to rotate the reverse relative to the obverse, as often seen on genuine coins, but went in the wrong direction!

1madman

I notified eBay about this one, and they “looked into it” and it’s not a problem at all

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226370620784

Steven59

@dsessom said:
Right off the bat, the slab looks off. PCGS normally has a 3 prong gasket around the coin, or no prongs. That one has 4 prongs on the gasket. (I know NGC does this, but not PCGS as far as I know).

Oops!

MsMorrisine

TxCollector

Well, the seller replied to my message informing them that they had a fake along with providing an image with the actual slabbed coin with the following:

“I am going to have to disagree there as I have had the coin verified!! Thank you though!”

At least the seller is polite? 😕

Update: The seller ended the listing.

dsessom

@1madman said:
I notified eBay about this one, and they “looked into it” and it’s not a problem at all

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226370620784

Same here. I reported and they apparently found nothing wrong. At least he/she ended the listing and it still had zero bids, thank goodness.

burfle23

Curious what this is on his slab?

TxCollector

@burfle23 said:
Curious what this is on his slab?

part of a GC sticker that they affix to slabs that they auction off

heavymetal

Listing has ended.

burfle23

A friend found the GC tag on a different coin: