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Keep doing what you are doing. If nobody else appreciates it just know that I do. Thanks for the information.

Per Wikipedia: “In 2007, the rare coin industry's leading dealer association, the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), released the results of a survey of major coin dealers who gave their professional opinions about 11 certification services. PCGS and NGC were rated "Superior" overall, with ANACS and ICG deemed "Good". PCI and SEGS were listed as "Poor", while called "Unacceptable" were Accugrade (ACG), Numistrust Corporation (NTC), Hallmark Coin Grading Service (HCGS), American Coin Club Grading Service (ACCGS), and Star Grading Services (SGS).”

This is the type of stuff that people NEED to know. Thank You.

I have noticed on ProxyBid that the 2 most numerous fake slabs they are auctioning are PGA (by far the most), NTC, ACC, and PCA

Interesting retired from federal law enforcement after a semi long career this is very interesting passed your vids to some buddies who collect who are employed within diff. Agencies including the secret service...keep up the great investigatuve work!

Wish I would of watched this video a few months ago.. bought a coin graded MS-66 on line auction, sent it into NGC came back AU-55...3rd world grading outfit.. who knows.. what is that old saying.. "a wise man learns from advice.. but experience is the best teacher"... keep up the numismatic educational videos..

Thankyou Daniel , You are a wealth of information. Wish your coin shop was in my town.

INTEGRITY IS EVERYTHING,,,YOUR REPUTATION IS EVERYTHING.I AM GLAD TO SEE A FEW PEOPLE STILL HAVE INTEGRITY.

Great info. I've bought a slab coin in that early years of eBay. I thought I bought A NGC slab quarter but it was a NCG slab. Luckily I only lost $5.

I always liked the old school ANACS. The small holders

I've been watching your videos along with many of the other numismatics for about a month now and I've determined that yours are the most appealing especially in terms of integrity and experience. The point is that I'm trying to complement you on what you are doing. You are among the very best. Keep it up and kind wishes!

Daniel, I can't believe that anyone in the coin community would use fake labels and grades just to make money. It's really is sad because I always liked buying graded coins. I don't feel comfortable anymore after hearing this video but your sweet voice relaxes me always. Love hearing and watching your videos. Earlene

What really concerns coin collecting are fake NGC and PCGS slabbed coins. Especially the older NGC with photos when graded. I’m glad that you made this video.

You just reminded me of several slabbed coins I bought(w/ some other items), a few years back, in one of those "estate" auctions. The name is INB on the coins. The printing is even faded so badly, I need a magnifying glass to read them. Several are marked MS70. I know I didn't pay a lot for them, as I have always been a suspicious person.(ex-MIL called me a Philadelphia lawyer because I wouldn't fall for her "jokes") I had even put a note on them that the company overgrades coins.

Thanks for saying what needs to be said!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks Daniel for showing and documenting these fakers with photos so collectors can be aware and hip to their game. Your expertise and opinion is most appreciated.

Hi Daniel -I am so glad that you have found a widening audience on KZfaq. You have terrific videos. I know you mean it when you say that your reputation is more important than the money in your pocket.

GREAT TOPIC you have my attention!!!

Thank you, I'm just starting out collecting coins, and I thought if the coin was graded by PCGS it had to be a good coin. Now I'll be more careful when I buy especially on eBay. Your doing a great service!

Any new or inexperienced coin collectors out there should be REQUIRED to watch these videos!!!! This guy is the most honest and straightforward, no BS, tell you how it is guy doin coin videos. That I have come across anyways. Anyone buyin coins in driving distance of this shop would be soft not check them out. I remember buying some MS70, hahaha ms70, nickels off ebay in some junk holder years ago when i didnt know any better. Thankfully i was smart enough to realize a ms70 should at least be in better shape than the ones i get in change...lol....lesson learned...thankfully it wasnt an expensive one. Anyways, just callin it like i see it...thanks Dan!!!

Great job being an advocate for quality and trustworthy grading. You never need to apologize for that. Like P. T. Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute".

Another comment I thought about towards the end of this video is the fact, people should now list their coins as being Gem BU or Gem BU+ on eBay if they are raw. According to standards used by PCGS, NGC, ANACS, and sources such as "The Official Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins," for a coin to be Gem BU it has to at least grade out MS65. Thanks again for another great information filled video.

Hi my name is Alex Macias and I'm new at coin collecting I don't know much about it but I find I really enjoy my new hobby, and I truly enjoy your videos they truly help...Thanks

Hello Daniel. You are definitely a well-versed coin dealer. It's really great that you're doing videos like this. Many aspiring coin collectors need to learn from you, so that they stay coin collectors and not get swayed away by ripoffs.

It's nice to have a watchdog for all hobbyist. I am glad you dared to post this kind of video clips. It helps a lot for newbies like me.

Reputation over $$, at last somebody with morals!

thanks daniel yr wisdom is much needed in this game we call coin collecting. too many folks just trying to make money, and their word means nothing to them.i fairly new to this and ive watched all yr videos. ive made my fair share of mistakes. i make alot fewer now thanks to you my brother. i fear this institution is going to continuely go down ward because these people do one thing well! they prey upon the other guys need to think hes going to make money (GREED), AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT MAKES IT ROUGH.. YOU MY FRIEND ARE THE STANDARD BEARERS OF WHAT THIS HOBBY SHOULD BE . SO THANK YOU BROTHER , LOVE AND PEACE BE UPON YOU AND YR FAMILY!!!!!

I just want to thank you I'm new to the coins and I have learned a lot from watching your channel because you're so honest and to the point I work hard for my money so I don't like to be ripped off and I have learned a lot thanks again

problem is no shortage of ignorant buyers or collectors...myself included You do your best

Daniel, I loved the bumper music leading into this video.. I watch your videos frequently since I am new to the precious metals collecting.. Thank you so much for all your advice!!. T.E.

The collecting community should absolutely boycott any purchase of a collectible coin, gemstone, antique, watch, etc being sold by anyone in China. With very few exceptions, you will be getting a fake item. If people stopped buying from all Chinese sellers, the effort to produce these fraudulent items will discourage the criminals from making & marketing them. Granted some legit Chinese sellers may initially feel the pain, but it should encourage them to demand that the Chinese government begins to seriously police their dealers. The word needs to be spread loud & clear & worldwide that anything purchased from China is most likely a fake. We must dry up this market in fake collectibles or the entire system will be so damaged/contaminated that these markets will never recover.

I bought a coin from a shop in my town that was graded by a company that I don't believe exists any more NNCS - National Numismatic Certification Service in July of 1986. It was an MS64 $1 1898-O. I was able to get the coin regraded by NGC at MS64. That's personally my only interaction with anything besides PCGS and NGC. Great video, videos like this are very helpful for those who are newer to coins and might not know what to look out for. Not too long ago on eBay, there was a seller selling coins graded by one of these "fake" companies. I always make sure to read the feedback of sellers that I am newly buying from. Thanks

Old IGS holders circa 2000 can have some good coins in them. There’s a newer IGS slab that’s pretty suspect from what I’ve read. Best thing to do if you’re wanting rock solid investment returns is to buy graded from the top tier graded slabs. Third party is a mine field.

I love this !!!! I just wish there were more people like you that verbally made videos they can call these people out. There are so many scam artists just like you mentioned and there’s just one of you which is the sad part, if there were more people that would do what you were doing maybe the scam artist wouldn’t be so successful

One of the things I strongly dislike about PCI is that their holders tone their coins very strongly

Awesome and excellent info Daniel, always top notch. Never stop what you do

Invaluable information. I don't think any other KZfaq channel goes to the extent that you do to help protect people in the collecting business / hobby. Thank you so much Daniel. Awesome video.

Thank you Daniel for letting me know about these fake coin grading companies. I buy nothing but NGC graded coins and im a member of NGC. So when I buy a graded coin by NGC, I give NGC the number and match up the picture that NGC took when it was graded with the coin that I have.

Thank you so much for teaching us about safe & fake grading companies. I'm new at this & really want to learn as much as possible so I'm not "taken." So far I ask at the bank, & just going thru coins coming to me thru the stores I shop at. I haven't gotten into buying, except for what I find during my day. I find this to be fun, want to keep it this way. Two days ago I found from the bank's cash machine a brand new uncirculated $20.00 star note bill. I was thrilled!!! For now I guess you could call it "zen" way keeping it a fun approach." Eventually I would like to start purchasing. Until that stage I really want to be further educated. I thank you so much for enlightening myself & others like me to have this information available. I would like to eventually send out coins for grading. At that point I will refer to your charts. Thank you again.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I truly appreciate it! I'm also very happy to see your links to other videos! That is so helpful! I almost gave up on coin collecting, but I have some hope after watching your videos. Thanks very much!

I so much appreciate you're videos. I'm new to coin collecting, just started this year, and you are are an awesome teacher and I learn so much from you. Great job man.

I appreciate you informing us on the proper way to look an evaluate the coins

I truly appreciate people like you who take the time to educate people on the scams people try and get away with on beginners ! Great hobby when it’s legit .

Thankyou great information here in Canada there are grading companies that use deception to sell coins but I as a collector always tell people to consult a dealer before buying. I live in Halifax and we only have one coin dealer in the city but he is very good and always ready to help a collector no matter if you are experienced or a new one. I have been collecting for 50 plus years and I can tell you that even the Royal Canadian mint has used deception at times to sell coins but the Canadian mint is privately owned now and considers themselves a business but they were able to somehow allowed to use and keep the RCM name and people still think that if its the RCM it has to be good well buyer beware I tell people.

You have definitely given me alot of knowledge I didnt have before I started watching your videos. Thankyou!

Thanx again for the information , scary how many dishonest folks there are out there 😞

As a recent subscriber to your channel, I appreciate your help and candor helping the novice and pro collectors avoid the many scams and pitfalls in collecting coins today. Thanks for all the info and hard work you do.

Great information as always.Thanks.

We do seven figures annually in rare coin sales on Ebay. Stick with PCGS and NGC. ANACS and ICG are okay for authentication but their grading can be way off. Completely avoid "third world" services like NNC, NTC, and Accugrade.

Good job Daniel, I have bought a few of those things, I got a 1960 D/D, and I got a 1960D, no RPM, I have been collecting for about a year and a half, but I learned that, I wish I would have watched this 1st. Thanks for your great informative videos. The old guy in Florida 😎

Thanks for all the great info. Keep on doing what you do. You may help someone from buying the wroung coin and geting ripedoff.

WOW! I never thought about fake grading companies ever! How about those fake slabs.China oh brother this definitely doe not surprise me that’s for sure! Whoa! I wonder if EBay can check these out or what! I am DEFINITELY LEARNING from your videos! Then these people get nasty with you ! That’s complete shame too! Great information Daniel! Thanks a lot 👍🎈👍👍 V

Though I collect English hammered coins and really don’t find myself in the same market as you deal in, I applaud all of your wonderful work trying to educate beginners to collecting. Keep up your wonderful work.

It’s the Wild West out there on the internet and you are the new sheriff in town. Thank you!

Good man - thank you for keeping people aware.

I actually learned a lot from your videos. I'm new too the Morgan collecting and you saved me a bunch of money. I heard you say, several times, that knowledge is power. Know what your years, and learn everything you can on it. LOL I have been using your online site and didn't connect it to you. You have saved me even more than I thought. Truth

thank you again, your videos have taught me so much and what to avoid and what to look for.

You are a great find Daniel. I've just subed. The info is priceless. Just what a newbie coin collector or precious metal stacker needs to know.

I believe that I commented on this before. Ebay only allows the top 4 grading companies and all the others have to be listed as uncertified without indication of a numerical grade. Report the sales! Use the drop down menu and select "prohibited and restricted items" under report category and then under reason for report select "stamps, coins and currencies" in the last one "detailed reason" select "uncertified coins" At this point select continue and you will be able to type in additional information about the sale of the coin. Ebay pays attention to this, i've been able to have many sellers removed by reporting them in this manner. If you select listing practices for the report it will likely go unnoticed. I've even seen sellers that list coins showing a label without a slab. Some of the sellers are listing a graded coin with a certification number in the details of the coin and its raw! Unscrupulous sellers and counterfeiters will not likely ever go away but if we all get involved we can make a positive impact to slow down the crooks and force ebay to make changes. One of the sites that I frequently use does this and all the members report any given coin sales that are posted, it does work!! E PLURIBUS UNUM "out of many one"

Thank you for taking time out of your business to help us newer collectors I am sending some coins into annex they have been around a long time and like you said if the company’s been around that long they must be doing something right

Really informative! Thank you, sir!

super interesting and instructive, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and warning us about counterfeits.

Clear, concise, excellent information! Keep up the good work!! Thank you :-)

Buyer beware , I always try to my due diligence am I spot on every time no. Your video today underscores there those in our hobby who will take advantage of you if possible. Thanks for video reminder.

Great video. I collect ancients, so rely exclusively on NGC grading. I didn't realize how prevalent fake NGC slabs are until watching your videos. From my perspective there are some VERY realistic looking fake ancients out there - I mean the right metal, the right striking method, the right toning. I didn't realize I had to deal with fake NGC slabs too :-(

Thank you for all your videos and contributions to help the coin community. There very informative and love your honesty. Keep up the great work and thank you.. I'm kinda new to the hobby and I've learned so much from your videos..

Fake slabs? I have learned something today. Thank you for the information 👍

Thanks mate, you're a great source of knowledge

Thanks for sharing this information. I really need to know this. I'm sure other people do to. Keep making your videos 😊. Thank you again 😎 FL.

This video is a coin help u classic!! Real good stuff. Daniel is on the cutting edge of the nuts and bolts coin dealing. And he's out here saying what needed to be said in this video. If I didn't have this channel and a couple others to watch and help me know the hobby better the hobby would be much more difficult to navigate. You do us a real service here Daniel! Thank you!! This is my 2nd or third time veiwing this episode of coin helps u. I 1st watched it when it aired. Its cool to go back and watch a rerun with some nostalgia for a year ago and where I was in my numismatic journey 12 months ago. O how much more knowledgeable I am due to watching coin help u, coin opp, ben the coin geek, blue ridge silver hound, and numismatic stacker (formally known as coin group of Minnesota or CGOM) everyone in the hobby should check out those channels if they have not yet done so. Thanks again Daniel for the amazing resource with these videos.

Thank you for your video, I actually bought two spoof PCGS from a China seller and they are supposed MS69 Morgan and they have the same serial number.

This is great information, thank you so much for sharing. I make a point to NOT buy coins in those cheap holders that have hand written notes on them. Ive had the best luck only buying from reputable dealers like you.

Thanks for another great video!

Very good information...Thank you!

Thank you Daniel. I used to get a kick out of seeing all the different slabs out there. I thought it was funny when I was offered an MS-66 coin for 90 o/o back of bid. It's not so funny when you have to tell someone's dad or grandmother that their coins aren't what they thought they were. As with all things in life, educate yourself before spending a lot of money. Thank you for doing your part.

Those single bid auctions are still bids. It's another account that makes one bid, wins it, then the seller cancels and relists. They don't have to pay fees this way and they artificially inflate prices. Ebay needs to stop letting sellers cancel sales after they're over. That's the only way this will stop.

Great vids man very educational also keep up the good work

Daniel thanks for being straight up

Hi, Daniel and appreciate all you do to help us on coins . Thank you for helping us not get scam . Truth and I respect you and your knowledge . ☺️🤗❤️🙏

Thank you for your integrity!

Thank you for the information. I'm just starting out . this will help me when buying coins

Another great video! Thanks for Sharing my friend

Daniel, this was such an informative video and it hits home. My Grandson got a coin back from PCGS I saw it. It didn't have a grade on it or much of anything. Guess what and I saw it. It was put in upside down. Now if he wants to get more info on it it will cost him money. Insurance, postage that he has already paid to have it redone. He is a member of them. He has sent so many to them. One Lincoln was it looked to me and him. Triple stamped and so much going on with this coin. It isn't in the best shape but all the things I saw wrong on that coin was incredible. He looked it up to see if anything like that had been found. He didn't find anything. I know this isn't your problem. We're both confused by what PCGS did. They didn't tell him anything on the slab. He called them and nothing. I don't sell my coins or even send then in to be graded. My Grandson has a uncanny eye for this kind of thing. He has been doing this for over three years. Sorry for the rant we both are confused by this so called reputable company.

Love your channel please keep up the good work

Thanks for another awesome video. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience. I trust NGC, PCGS ANACS and ICG.

Feel free to add the MNS/MNS (Michigan Masters Numismatic service) TPG Morgan I showed on your FB page, don't see that one listed. According to Coin Community forums: MMNS did have one innovative slab idea. Back before the edgeview type slabs MMNS produced what they called their Holoview slabs. These had a beveled mirror built into the slab around the coin that allowed you to see the entire edge of the coin while looking straight on at the coin.

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge of graded coin collecting Daniel, many thanks and greetings from the Philippines

Always a good day when you put out a video!!!!!

Daniel your very big help thanks !

Thanks for the lessons.

4 thumbs down my guess is four people who have been called on what they are doing. The truth hurts them.

Thank you very much Daniel. Very valuable info. Especially for Us the new collectors, new to the hobby.

Big help! Thanks.

Great info!

Thank you sharing from your heart! I learned so much! I hope to find a pro in the SF area who is as savvy and cares to teach those of us who are new, passionate, and honest businesspeople. A righteous rant! It comes when I am learning that there has to be other ideas how to use my collection besides sitting in a storage safe. I'm open to your ideas. Thanks again,

Great video, Daniel!

I learned the hard way still like SEGS 1921 Morgan' Zerbe die,s.

Thank you for the videos... in the short time I've been watching them I have learned a lot.

You are truly a wealth of great information for me and all who follow you, Thank you for what you do.