Have any of the major services been fooled by a fake early dollar and slabbed one?

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• airplanenut Posts: 22,333 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 29, 2003 4:26AM

  Probably... they all make mistakes

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• 291fifth Posts: 24,543 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 29, 2003 4:41AM

  But given the current problem with fakes from Asia I'll bet they are watching them extra carefully.
  

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• billboat Posts: 2,260

  August 29, 2003 6:16AM

  I am still waiting to read about fake dollars in fake grading service slabs--how long is it going to take before some enterprising type tries such a scam? Holograms and sonic sealing go only so far--serial numbers a little harder.

  Curmudgeon in waiting!

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• dorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭

  August 29, 2003 6:22AM

  i know for sure 5 of them have (of pcgs, ngc, icg, anacs, segs, pci, ntc, acg). would assume all have.
  
  K S

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• jadecoin Posts: 422

  August 29, 2003 6:23AM

  ER, the answer to your question is "ABSOLUTELY".

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• ER Posts: 7,345 ✭

  August 29, 2003 6:33AM

  And I mean real fake one, not tooled, improperly cleaned, AT, etc.

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• jadecoin Posts: 422

  August 29, 2003 6:42AM

  ER, "yes", this has happened, but it is far more common with counterfeit gold coins. There are some incredibly talented counterfeiters out there. I met a guy at a show in Cleveland. He noticed that I had a counterfeit $2.5 Indian in our case that was labeled "Not For Sale". He quickly asked me "how much?". I told him that it was just for display and that we actually collect counterfeit coins for our personal reference collection (part of our education). He then said, "oh, if you want to buy some, that guy over there has 3 certified gold coins, that guy has 3 raw counterfeit gold coins, etc.". It turned out that he was a specialist in the field of counterfeit gold coins. That's why he wanted to buy our coin. Since then, we have purchased a few more for our collection, including a very confincing $20 Liberty that is a contemporary counterfeit.
  
  While gold is the most frequently counterfeited type of coin, early dollars have also been popular with counterfeiters. If you own Jules Reiver's fantastic book on early dollars, take a look at page 13. WARNING: you may want to have a shot of whisky handy!! It involves a counterfeit 1794 dollar that was certified by ANACS, who are regarded by some as poor graders but excellent at counterfeit detection (I agree with that).

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