Ebay Seller Stock Photo is not matching with NGC Registry Photo 2 2

[NheilCruz]

How is this stock photo of an Ebay Seller (M Barr Coins) not matching with NGC Registry Photo:

Here is what the seller posted: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364595070792

Here is the NGC Registry: https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6313821-017/70/

Take note that the certification numbers are the same but sticker labels are different.

Are they selling tampered NGC coins?

[KaileeS CS]

Hello @NheilCruising, thank you for contacting us. It is likely that the coin was sent in to be reholdered at some point during its lifetime. If you decide to purchase this coin and find that the seal appears to be tampered with, feel free to send us a message and we will be happy to review it.

Please let us know if you need help with anything else. Thank you!

[NheilCruz]

If I send a coin for a slab re-holder because the slab is chipped or cracked, how much would that cost?

[TheColoradoNumismatist]

Firstly, welcome to the Forums! I see you're pretty new. Great catch on the coin, but as Kailee mentioned, I agree that the coin was probably reholdered.

As for your question, the cost to reholder will be $12 per coin plus return shipping, insurance and handling as long as the coins are valued $10,000 or less per coin. NGC customers may submit coins already certified by NGC for reholdering to request a different NGC label. The fee for reholdering single coins with a different NGC certification label is $13 per coin. 

Hope this helps!

~Happy Hunting!

TheColoradoNumismatist

[Coinbuf]

@NheilCruising, if you read the text in the sellers last photo, it states (as you noted) that these are stock photos.   They will send you this coin certified by NGC, but not necessarily that exact coin and certification number in the auction photos.   Using stock photos is a common practice by many big sellers who sell hundreds (or more) of the same item, usually US mint products like this that are submitted for grading in large bulk lots.

The different label may indeed have been caused be a reholder event, but it seems rather surprising given that there are collectors that actively seek the signed labels as shown in the NGC photo.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Coinbuf

[NheilCruz]

@Coinbuf yep, that surprised me too... why would you replace a nice signed label with a regular brown label...hmmm...