Real or Fake: Graded Coins
PDF guide
Includes 3 months of SlabX Collector, free. A one-time code arrives with your order and is redeemed in the app under Settings. No card is needed and nothing renews; the plan ends on its own unless you choose to subscribe. One code per purchase, valid for 12 months.
Counterfeit slabs, cert verification with PCGS and NGC, weight and edge checks.
Inside the 27 pages: the one-minute check; a short history of counterfeit coins and holders; the anatomy of a real coin; weight, diameter, and edge; the holder and the label; cert verification with PCGS and NGC; safe physical tests; buying online; what to do if you already bought a fake; doing it in the SlabX app; and the quick-reference checklist.
2026 edition, PDF, 6 by 9 inches. Also available in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. Values mentioned are estimates, not financial advice.
From the blog
- How to read a grading cert number · May 2026
- What a population report tells you, and what it does not · July 2026
- How to start collecting, part 3: how to read a slab · September 2026
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