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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow! is that one of the chinese pcgs forgeries, or what?
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United States
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The certification number is not available on PCGS's website
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I don't see MS63... |
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I contacted the seller. He's offering numerous other coins in slabs which *do* verify, and his raw grading isn't too terrible. Don't know why he'd let such an obvious fake into an auction.
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't know why he'd let such an obvious fake into an auction.  A dealer on the CU forums contacted someone at PCGS about the coin, and here is the response he got. Quote:
Definitely a mistake or a fake.
I'm looking into it right now.
If it's a fake we will end the auction if it's a mistake we will contact the
owner.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
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The certification number is not available on PCGS's website I think PCGS removed it, it was available a little while ago. Cert Verification #: 18098746 PCGS Coin #: 6169 Date, mintmark: 1836 Denomination: 50C Variety: Lettered Edge Minor Variety: Mint Error: Pedigree: Country: The United States of America Grade: MS63 Mintage: 6,545,000 PCGS Price GuideSM Value: $2,100 Edited by wheatguy
10/02/2010 5:34 pm
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Valued Member
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It's hard to believe that anyone with experience dealing with coins could confuse that coin for MS63. I'm also wondering if it is a fake or a really bad mistake by PCGS?
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Valued Member
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God I hope it was a crack and replace, how could even the most novice grader at PCGS make a mistake like that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have seen PCGS slabs with the wrong label before on here, even the wrong denomination. I am guessing whoever at PCGS attached the label grabbed the wrong one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your all thinking MS here stands for Mint State. Possilbly PCGS has also started something called More Silly, Mostly Stupid, Mononic Stuff or many other possibilities.
What a shame when you can no longer even trust a coin in a slab. Faked coins, faked slabs, faked dealers.
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Posted 10/02/2010 5:01 pm
