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Alltheabove76Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭
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Was in a coin shop in Tulsa, OK and the dealer had a 1916-D dime in an NGC slab with the D loose and rattling around inside the slab! I offered him $200 and he wouldnt sell it! image
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  • ConstantineConstantine Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭
    "Wow" is all I can say!
  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    Rattler indeed! And not PCGS image

    Eric
  • TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,415 ✭✭✭✭
    Need a video of that for youtube!
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ouch!

    I'm sure there's more than one loose mintmarks floating around inside every flavor of holder.
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    LOL!
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭✭
    And you didn't take pictures?!?! image
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  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    Didn't know mint marks could fall off ... It's a fake, then? Soldered on?
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,539 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't know mint marks could fall off ... It's a fake, then? Soldered on? >>

    Yes, an added MM to a 1916. Yikes!
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
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  • Taylor101Taylor101 Posts: 275
    Dang. That must be embarresing to our hosts. What was the grade on the holder? I wonder if they didn't have as strigent anthentication back then?
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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭


    << <i>Dang. That must be embarresing to our hosts. What was the grade on the holder? I wonder if they didn't have as strigent anthentication back then?
    Taylor >>



    OP said NGC, not PCGS.

    Eric
  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In this case the D stands for "Detachable" image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,857 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bet it's a fake coin inside a fake slab. Only four reverse dies were used so authentication is relatively straight forward. Also, this date is heavily counterfeited so the grading services always give them very close examination.

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  • Taylor101Taylor101 Posts: 275


    << <i>

    << <i>Dang. That must be embarresing to our hosts. What was the grade on the holder? I wonder if they didn't have as strigent anthentication back then?
    Taylor >>



    OP said NGC, not PCGS.

    Eric >>


    Opps. It is early here in California. About three AM when I wrote it. I LOVE COINS!
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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭


    << <i>I bet it's a fake coin inside a fake slab. Only four reverse dies were used so authentication is relatively straight forward. Also, this date is heavily counterfeited so the grading services always give them very close examination. >>



    I've seen quite a few pics of fake PCGS slabs but never NGC. I'm sure they must be out there though and this explanation sounds the most plausible.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,857 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I bet it's a fake coin inside a fake slab. Only four reverse dies were used so authentication is relatively straight forward. Also, this date is heavily counterfeited so the grading services always give them very close examination. >>



    I've seen quite a few pics of fake PCGS slabs but never NGC. I'm sure they must be out there though and this explanation sounds the most plausible. >>



    Someone may have cracked out a real 16-D dime from a real NGC slab and then put a fake 16-D back into the slab and resealed the slab. Key date coins are frequently cracked out to fill the last hole in a set album. I've seen NGC slabs that have cleanly separated at the seam when slowly squeezed in a vise.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Reminds me of the 1990 John Ford story about a 1927-D $20 Saint image

    In 1990 John Ford was once offered a 1927-D twenty for sale by a major dealer. The coin lacked the die crack through the eagle's beak. Ford pronounced it to be a counterfeit and pressed the mintmark with his thumbnail. The D popped off and fell on the coin show floor. A mad scramble then ensued for the mintmark while Ford got a great laugh out of the scene.
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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So what do they do if you send it back? reattach it? image

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So what do they do if you send it back? reattach it? image

    Steve >>

    Okay ... that was pretty funny! image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Restoration service at your service image I can see it now, "reattachment services coming soon". That is a funny thought OldEastside.

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  • noownoow Posts: 387
    Fake slab.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,857 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So what do they do if you send it back? reattach it? image

    Steve >>



    No. They would tell you that it was a fake slab or that it was a real slab that had been tampered with and that you are SOL.

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  • sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭
    O wow! Crazy
  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Rattler indeed! And not PCGS image

    Eric >>




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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,252 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>In this case the D stands for "Detachable" image >>

    lmao, thats for sure
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,750 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I bet it's a fake coin inside a fake slab. Only four reverse dies were used so authentication is relatively straight forward. Also, this date is heavily counterfeited so the grading services always give them very close examination. >>



    Quite possible.
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