Slab Watch

Alerts on fake and tampered coin and card slabs: PCGS, NGC, PSA, BGS, SGC, CGC. From a 30 year dealer. Free alerts:

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Thinking of buying a graded card from a stranger? Ask for three things first: the cert number, daylight photos of the front and back of the holder, and a close look at the label. Slab Watch shares free fake slab alerts: https://t.co/bq5451cXeW

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@hokiefanjoe Nice pickup. Before any reholder, check the current cert in SGC's database and keep a screenshot. A clean paper trail from old cert to new holder helps when you sell later.

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@GrailCheck Once the slab is back, run the cert on Beckett's site and save the screenshot. Buyers pay more when you can show the cert checks out before they ask.

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@PokiHunters Before chasing the cheapest one, check that each cert number is real and matches the card in the photos. A big discount on the exact same slab is sometimes the first sign of a problem.

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@biggsdaddycool Cheap slabs are fine for fun. Just know fakers like them too, since nobody checks a $5 card. Even on bargains, a quick cert lookup takes 30 seconds and keeps fakes out of your binder.

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@RinconCandC It is. The simple habit that beats most of them: run the cert on the grader's site and compare the card in the photos to the grader's own images. If the seller will not send clear holder shots, pass.

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Update on the reported PSA-style label kits: per CardWire (Nov 10), PSA deactivated 2 of the 6 copied cert numbers traced, but at least one still looked up clean. Older certs with no PSA photos are hardest to check. Match the card, not just the number. https://t.co/OG0kWZU4rM

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@renoipgp @Whatnot @PSAcard Live auctions are where this hurts most, because buyers decide in seconds. Look up the cert before you bid, not after you win.

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@RattlePokemon Agreed. Easiest habit for buyers: verify every cert on the grader's own site and ask the seller for a photo with today's date. Fakers hate both.

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@EduMock Which means the label is no longer proof of anything by itself. Check the cert on the grader's site and match the card in the photo before any money moves.

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@renoipgp @eBay @PSAcard Great catch. This is why the cert number alone isn't enough: pull up the cert on PSA's site and compare the photo, grade and label details side by side.

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Fake PSA labels are being sold online, and some fakes reuse real cert numbers. Before you pay for a slab, look up the cert on the grader's site and compare the photo, not just the number. Slab Watch tracks fake-slab alerts: https://t.co/bq5451cXeW

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Before you pay for a graded card, run three checks: cert lookup, compare to the grader's photos, and inspect the holder edges. Slab Watch sends free fake slab alerts so you know what the new fakes look like: https://t.co/bq5451cXeW

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@iamnotkronos The bad ones, sure. The newer fakes are built to pass a quick look, and most buying happens through photos, not in hand. Run the cert and compare to the grader's images every time.

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@renoipgp @Whatnot @PSAcard This is why the cert lookup matters more than the label. If a cert page says deactivated or shows a different card, walk away no matter how good the seller's feedback looks.

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@pukerrainbrow @GachaGalaxyHQ Good nuance. My check: compare both listings' photos to each other and to the grader's cert images. Same card, same seller is usually a cross listing. Different photos on one cert is the red flag.

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@MaxLonged Great list. Add one more: ask the seller to take it out of the glitter case and shoot the holder edges and back in daylight. A real seller will do it. A no is your answer.

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Buying a PCGS-graded coin? Type https://t.co/ZFQ3nwjIv2 into your browser yourself (not a QR code or a seller's link) and look up the cert. The date, mint mark, grade and any PCGS photos must match the coin in your hand. Anything off, walk away. Checklist: https://t.co/4c5SXD8NY7

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Reported: DIY PSA-style kits (printed labels plus an empty case) are being sold online carrying real PSA cert numbers, so a cert lookup can come back clean. Compare the card itself to PSA's cert photos, not just the number. https://t.co/OG0kWZTwCe

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@EvaKnott That hearing is tomorrow: Monday, Nov. 9, at 1 p.m. MT in 4th District Court in Provo. As of Saturday afternoon, Nov. 7, no new filings or rulings had been publicly reported, and the camera request was still pending. Full timeline at https://t.co/cbkvNG76Kv