Christmas present to myself

panzerman · Dec 26, 2022

lordmarcovan said: ↑

Yes, as mentioned, the majority of collectors of ancient coins do not like slabs, for the reasons described. Since I'm only a dabbler in ancients and the rest of my collection is slabbed, I do collect them in plastic, and these will be returning to NGC. I'm in the minority.

It's a matter of personal preference. If I exclusively collected ancients, I'd not likely be as slab-happy. The anti-slab partisans do have some valid points, but there are pro-slab arguments to be made as well.

(And this is neither the time nor place to reopen that old can of worms.)
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The "only" thing I do not like about slabs/ their data is often incorrect or incomplete. But for storage/ showing the coins its perfect. I have over 350+ slabbed coins/ I am in process sticking on my "precise" data labels....the bottom coin was slabbed as from France/ its Burgundian!

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Limes · Dec 26, 2022

lordmarcovan said: ↑

I just bought this four-coin lot from a member here, at a price I found difficult to refuse.

In 46 years of collecting, this will be my first Athenian owl tetradrachm.

The lot consists of:

An Athenian owl tetradrachm (ex-NGC, with insert included- I think the seller said it was formerly graded AU)

A Tiberius denarius of the “Tribute Penny” type (this will be the third I’ve owned)

An Alexander the Great drachm, struck during his lifetime (ex-NGC, with insert), and

A high grade Constantine the Great Æ3 (ex-NGC, with insert)

For the price I got, I feel like I bought the Owl at a decent price and got the other coins for free.

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Wow! Great lot, and beautiful coins! That life time drachm of Alexander is something else too! Have a great 2023!

The Meat man · Dec 26, 2022

panzerman said: ↑

The "only" thing I do not like about slabs/ their data is often incorrect or incomplete. But for storage/ showing the coins its perfect. I have over 350+ slabbed coins/ I am in process sticking on my "precise" data labels....the bottom coin was slabbed as from France/ its Burgundian! View attachment 1529537 View attachment 1529538 View attachment 1529539 View attachment 1529540 View attachment 1529541 View attachment 1529542
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That baffles me - why NGC doesn't appear to make much of an effort to adequately and professionally describe/attribute the coins they slab. The way they present the information sometimes seems almost amateurish. I would think weight and diameter be de rigueur for ancient coins, as well as at least one good catalog reference.

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