NGC "fakes"?

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clintonfitch Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 12/17/2009 10:43 pm I've been reading through of posts on this thread and I've seen a few references to fake NGC coins. TPGs are new to me so I would love any advice you have on telling a real from a fake. Thanks, Clinton ANA# R-3153262 Report this Post to the Staff

dollarcoins Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 12/17/2009 10:57 pm I am also very interested in this topic. I am a new coin collector. Although I know "buy the coin not the slab", I do not have the needed skills to determine whether a coin is fake. Thus, I am a guy buying the slab not the coin. ...... Below please find some relevant information. NGC website: http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewart...DArticle=954 Susan's coins blog: http://coins.about.com/b/2008/01/10...gc-slabs.htm Report this Post to the Staff
wheatguy Pillar of the Community United States 1534 Posts	Posted 12/17/2009 11:11 pm Well, it really depends on the coin. If you buy raw, as long as you buy from a well-known, trusted dealer, you should be fine. I only buy slabs if it is a very valuable or heavily counterfeited piece. You definitely have to be careful though. I've never bought a slab before, and raw coins are better in my opinion. I'll have to buy a slab soon though when I buy the 16-D Mercury or some of the rare coins in my 7070. There is usually no need to buy slabs when purchasing common date and grade coins. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 12/18/2009 12:25 am The top grading services have had major changes to their slabs over the years so it can be difficult to tell what is real or not. You may see a slab that does not match a current one yet it may be ten years old and a completely different style. Fortunately, grading companies sometimes give out samples at shows, called sample slabs. Report this Post to the Staff
clintonfitch Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 12/18/2009 08:11 am Thanks wheatguy & biokemist6 for your answers, very much appreciated Clinton ANA# R-3153262 Report this Post to the Staff
clintonfitch Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 12/18/2009 08:18 am dollarcoins, those links were fantastic! Very much appreciate you posting them. Clinton ANA# R-3153262 Report this Post to the Staff
RareSov Valued Member Australia 60 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 07:08 am The best defense NGC has implemented is the new holder and the photo certification. Any coin in the new holder, has a photo you can compare it to The new holder also has a colour hologram and another security feature only visible with a UltraViolet light (Blacklight) Report this Post to the Staff
clintonfitch Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 09:42 am I think another good tool for NGC is the online verifying tool. You can go to their website on your PC or if you are at a show, you can point your mobile browser to http://m.ngccoin.com and put in the certification number and it will tell you if it is legit. Clinton Report this Post to the Staff
RareSov Valued Member Australia 60 Posts	Posted 01/11/2010 06:25 am The online version is better, since it has the photos if they exist.. but it seems to go down every night (server is doing database maintenance?) Report this Post to the Staff
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