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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The slabs look like Capital Plastic holders. Add a bit of fancy looking labeling and -- voila -- there is another way to scam collectors.
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Moderator
 United States
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As mentioned in the other topic that I linked above... Quote: It's a rare company's slab, and an unlisted sample slab as well. You have to remember in these cases it is not the coin that is the collectible and the object of desire, it's the slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote: Add a bit of fancy looking labeling and -- voila -- there is another way to scam collectors. There's no scam going on. Slabs are collectables in their own right which a number of collectors enjoy collecting from the various companies and/or the different generations that have been used.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a scam. Many people collect slabs. Conder101 on CCF is a slab collector.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I agree. Denigrating anyone's choice of collecting type is judgemental at best.
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Valued Member
 United States
179 Posts |
I think some confusion here. 1) ebay us removing these. Why? 2) Why are suddenly multiples of these being posted from different sketchy accounts? 3) Besides an old thread on here that provides zero sources: I see nothing to backup claim these slabs are legitimate. Nothing. They preport to be from this organization that I cannot find reference to ANYWERE. I think we have a scam here.
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Moderator
 United States
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There are fake PCGS and NGC slabs out there, so someone might fake these if there is a market for them.
I am not saying these are fake or these links are a scam since I do not know a lot about them, but it is worth discussing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I found a couple of other old references, so I figured it best to add them here for a more complete topic. This is apparently when Conder101 first learned of their existence: https://www.NGCcoin.com/boards/topi...tified-coin/This is from CCF and adds one piece of important info: http://goccf.com/t/249724So, if John W. Blumhofer is living and able to be located, we may find out much more about USNAF.  Edit: I may have found an address for him...
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru 07/22/2018 01:28 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote: 2) Why are suddenly multiples of these being posted from different sketchy accounts? I wouldn't call an account sketchy just because it's new, every account started as a brand new one at one point. As for why they're popping up there's countless reasons ranging from everything from they just wanted to sell something to they saw the price of a sale/read about them and are selling now that different slab types has become more popular.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At least their address is not in China.  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Slab collecting is one thing, but this is way over the top. Not sure what these "experienced" bidders are bidding on, but a lot of fancy packaging. I love the fact that it's "on the level." hahaha lol Love the description too, very rich.
Edited by edweather 07/22/2018 10:03 am
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Valued Member
 United States
179 Posts |
I am always open to being proven wrong and when I saw the first one I saw no red flags but this seems beyond sketchy.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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I think we need FPGs to authenticate questionable slabs...
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
To me, in the (2) most recent sample slab auctions that have been posted the label looked way too fresh to be 30 years old.
Edited by dave700x 07/26/2018 12:48 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote: I think we need FPGs to authenticate questionable slabs... Been there...done that:  Total tongue in cheek.
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