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Pillar of the Community
United States
646 Posts |
Just wanted to share this with everyone. This Numismatic Grading Coin company even uses the same logo as NGC. I'm honestly surprised they didn't put MS70 *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
At least, the slab will reasonably protect the coin !  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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That is comical!  And scary to a degree.  |
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Valued Member
United States
392 Posts |
What can NGC do about this? The fake even has the big Circle C for copyright.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5239 Posts |
I think that this might be copyright infringement.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4589 Posts |
You can't copyright trade dress. It could be trademarked, but that's not going to provide a lot of protection against some guy living in mom's basement...
Go out to USPTO and search TESS for trademarks owned by "Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America" - it's an interesting list.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2023 Posts |
This slabber can't even spell "numismatic" correctly.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
That's probably intentional.
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Valued Member
United States
135 Posts |
That is hilariously bad. I don't think a single collector is gonna be fooled by it. It isn't even a replica, it's just trying to be like them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
They even appear to have their own grading scale, looks like an XF coin stuck in that slab. Maybe they give these out at Halloween or use as jokes at the LCS. Perhaps there is chocolate inside the foil wrapper.
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01/02/2020 11:34 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This slabber can't even spell "numismatic" correctly. These two have the answer. The slab was supposed to read: "MGC" ......... Momsy-matic Grading Confusion   Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I wonder what the person that makes those is saying right now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Any idea where I can find one?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Any idea where I can find one? Maybe Toys-R-us Conder... |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
646 Posts |
It was in a listing of a large collection of coins. I would have got it just for the fun of it, but the lot already sold.
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Posted 01/02/2020 5:38 pm
