1889-CC Morgan Dollar PCGS MS-63. How Scary Is This?

There could be a business opportunity and service to this community in the form of a third party verification house for higher value coins. It would have to begin with high resolution photos of the coins at the time they are graded and slabbed, with all the unique bumps and scratches serving as the coins' fingerprints.

Pay with an escrow service (through the verification house). Have the verification done, then shipped to you.

This would essentially put the counterfeiters out of business, unless some were foolish enough to pay for these China gems as-is.

Does PCGS have any plans to include photos of their coins? All TPG should include photos of all coins graded. This is the only way to stop counterfeiters. I would even pay a dollar more for grading per coin if they are too cheap to stop this.

This slab counterfeiting is getting crazy good, which is why I'm seriously considering purchasing the rest of the key date Morgans for my set in NGC holders. That way I can verify the authenticity with certainty.

Thank you very much for pointing this out. I didn't realize this was such a recent practice for NGC. I just purchased my first CC Morgan, and I verified it using NGC's coin details app. I felt much more comfortable making the purchase. This will certainly be true when it comes time for the 1894 and 1893-S.