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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yeah, an uncirculated chinese counterfeit in a chinese XF45 plastic clown suit ain't fooling any of us.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The problem is, it's eventually going to fool somebody, somehwere....
Colligo ergo sum
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1. Buy the coin and not the plastic. If I buy a slab I pay nothing extra for it being slabbed. I pay raw prices. 2. Buy the coin and not the plastic. Not good images on an auction? Pass and find a coin that does have good images. If the image are poor, maybe the seller likes it that way? 3. Buy the coin, not the plastic.
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07/06/2014 01:48 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Craigslist? 93-S $1? Boat load of money, too?
Way too much risk even if it was real! ( and it's not! )
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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"Buy the coin and not the plastic". I agree. It is a lot harder to REALLY assess a coin for yourself if it is in an authentic slab or not. It cannot be checked for comparative ring tone or weight or be VERY closely examined, unless it is broken out of the slab. Apart from that, it is much harder to include a slabbed coin into a collection of non slabbed coins. It is usually harder to accurately picture a coin that is slabbed. That must provide some of the reasons why a coin is broken out of a slab. Some of us run to a TPG to get an accurate grading and to authenticate a coin; those are two very laudable reasons why the slabbing industry exists. I much prefer to buy 'raw' coins, especially when I am into mainly NON U.S. coins. In this case, I will readily defer to the opinions expressed above. Edited by sel_69l
07/06/2014 02:32 am
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It is a lot harder to REALLY assess a coin for yourself if it is in an authentic slab or not. It cannot be checked for comparative ring tone or weight or be VERY closely examined, unless it is broken out of the slab. Apart from that, it is much harder to include a slabbed coin into a collection of non slabbed coins. It is usually harder to accurately picture a coin that is slabbed.
Except in cases like this, though, when the actual coin and slab are pictured in the thread for comparison to the fake someone's trying to sell to the OP.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have heard that the fake slabs do not stack with real ones.
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Valued Member
United States
72 Posts |
No way in heck I'd buy an expensive coin on Craig's List. You are asking to get burned..........
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Valued Member
United States
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The real coin with that PCGS cert. number last appeared in Heritage Auctions 2006 October Signature Auction in Dallas. And the real coin would not have changed to the sickly color of the fake coin on Craigslist.
Run, Forrest !
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have heard that the fake slabs do not stack with real ones. True with the early fake slabs but they are getting a lot better with that. |
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United States
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I would try contacting the Secret Service since Morgan dollars were never demonetized they are still legal US tender. if someone were offering counterfeit $20 notes for sale you can be certain they would get involved There was a guy on here a while ago who got scammed on CL on some fake CC Morgans |
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