Counterfeit NGC holders?

[JIM F.]

After reading this article:

http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=954

and noting:

"Dashes or hyphens on the counterfeit label are straight and square. Dashes on the authentic NGC holder have angled ends"

 

I am wondering if I should be concerned over these 2 coins recently picked up. Here are the labels:

 

 

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These are not particularly high-priced coins, so does the comment regarding the dashes perhaps not apply to holders of these generations?

 

 

[TomB]

I didn't read the NGC article, but all of the NGC slabs that I have feature the dash or hyphen exactly as those you embedded in your post.

[newprepper]

It appears to me the counterfeits are of a different era holder

[mkman123]

you should be more scared of pcgs counterfeit holders, heard a lot of those lately

[Conder101]

I can't say for sure but I do suspect your slabs are of an earlier generation before the counterfeits appeared. As the fakes have evolved they have not seemed to go back into the earlier generations, and I'm not sure for the done the later generations of NGC either. With PCGS on the other hand I have seen two or three varieties faked.

[JIM F.]

I can't say for sure but I do suspect your slabs are of an earlier generation before the counterfeits appeared. As the fakes have evolved they have not seemed to go back into the earlier generations, and I'm not sure for the done the later generations of NGC either. With PCGS on the other hand I have seen two or three varieties faked.

 

OK, that's what I had suspected but the article caused some concern. The NGC article perhaps should have mentioned the applicability of the dash with respect to using it as a diagnostic.

 

Thank You.

 

 

[CoinPulsive PCM]

Good to know for reference! And MKman is right. PCGS holders are more counterfeited more.

 

I had someone tell me a Morgan Dollar in an NGC slab I have is a fake because it didn't stack with the other NGC holders. didn't NGC have a "fat" holder at some point? The insert foam was also weird compared to some new slabs I compared it to. I put an LED flashlight on one side and the light shined through more on the said "fake" holder than it did on the edgeview holders.

 

I am not sure though.

Good post JimBucks. Now I know one more way to distinguish good and bad NGC slabs!

 

-Dave