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Thank you all for your helpful feedback :-). It seems there are advantages to each of them from this small sample.

Hello All,

Is there any consensus as to which company produces the highest quality plastic slab?

Clearest? Most durable? Best design?  Best looking?

Ta!

3 hours ago, Just Bob said:

I have never seen any colorized fakes, but I would not be surprised if they started showing up in the future.

This sort of input from someone like you who's been in the community since 2007 is so valuable. Thank you.

10 hours ago, Just Bob said:

According to the seller's current listing, "S/N might be different from the listing." (S/N  = serial number)

He is using a stock picture to represent his different products.  Looks like he is legit.

I very much appreciate your feedback, Just Bob!

Do you happen to know if colorized coins with certificates are in the realm of fakery or do counterfeiters only focus on plain metal coins?

10 hours ago, Greenstang said:

coinwhat-

I did a little research and found the name of the reputable Chinese seller, (Hong Kong actually) His eBay seller ID is confucions.

Right know he only has 5 USA listings but usually has many more 

thank you very much for taking a look into that for me. I've bookmarked the seller.

On 3/30/2020 at 3:30 AM, Greenstang said:

Agree with everything Just Bob says down to hating counterfeiters. I read on another forum that there are an estimated 2000 sellers from China selling counterfeit coins. Many have been removed from  eBay but they just start up again under a different name. That being said, there is one legitimate seller from China that sells many certified coins from NGC PCGS. I forget his name but if I saw his link, I would recognize it. Perhaps this is who you are referring to.

 

Hello Greenstang, I'd be very curious to know the name of any reputable seller. :-)

10 hours ago, Conder101 said:

What do you mean by a unique item?  Im sure they made more than one of each of those.  And every coin submitted for grading has a unique serial number.  These even came from two different submissions to NGC.

I didn't explain very well. What I meant was that the actual sale shows 2 of this set of items have been sold:

Yet the item specifics shows that this set of items has unique ngc serial numbers:

Does that mean for example that coins with certification numbers 4415809-005 and 4415809-012 have been sold twice?

Thank you for your gracious replies - I am kind of surprised to find people passionate about coin collecting because I've always felt it was a bit of a lonely hobby. The coin stores I visited a few times were always quiet and mostly empty (before Covid and the metals rush). Now, I can't just walk into the store because, well, they're closed and the store is now the internet!

The item in question:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NGC-PF70-UC-China-2010-Peking-Opera-Facial-Mask-1st-Issue-Silver-Coins-Set/162009731856?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I hope the link works. I don't understand how the seller can have two for sale of a unique item with unique NGC numbers, but I know nothing about checking authenticity or whether it's even possible.

Hi,

I'm new and wanting to learn a bit about buyer safety from the community :-). This is probably an ignorant question but are sellers with enormous numbers of sales of NGC/PCGS items tending to be legit or not?

Is it safe to link sellers or items for sale in this sort of forum when asking for feedback?

Thanks