NGC Ancients has a nice collection gallery of "Twelve Caesars" gold aurei. Check it out in the link below. I could only dream http://www.ngccoin.com/gallery/twelve-caesars/gallery.aspx
Thanks for posting. I wonder whether this is Vagi's personal collection or just coins he graded. Interestingly, all the coins have been graded and slabbed by NGC-Ancients. I know in a recent thread, we discussed the controversy of slabbing coins. I know I might be the minority opinion here, but I think these coins have an enhanced presentation potential by slabbing. Since none of my friends are coin collectors, I could at least allow my friends to examine these gems without fearing they would drop them...or worse. Some people have written they would NEVER own or even purchase a slabbed coin. Really? Never? Interesting. After seeing these coins, I wonder. guy
Even though we have another thread on it, I will chime in... I too dont like ancients in slabs, as others pointed out in that thread, the most fun with ancients is holding a piece of 1700+ history. Part of me has ditched collecting U.S. coins because everything is focused on slabs & the high prices with them have turned me off on getting coins I need to finish my u.s. type set. I also dont care for the whole "registry" thing either. I feel its only worth doing if you have bill gate's $$ to throw around. I like holding my coins & I feel the rules that seem to be placed on U.S. coins doesnt allow me to enjoy holding something like my raw EF+ 20c piece. NOW, if some chance I could ever afford gold pieces that are in this threads link, part of me would want them in a slab for protection due to the big bucks those coins are. It would be fun to hold for sure but I guess if I had that money to play with, a "plastic coffin" would make better sense then a 2x2 plastic flip. But for every day silver roman denarii or a $8 late empire bronze, heck no!!
Magnificent. One of my dream collections is a denarius of each of the Twelve Caesars. Obviously I need a dream upgrade. Bart - I know what you mean. I resisted slabs for a long time, now I even self-slab my own raw coins. It makes organization so much easier. I was showing my business partner, who really wants to be a coin collector but is baffled by how much there is to know, a slabbed 2 cent piece I'd recently bought. He promptly dropped it and was so fearful he'd damaged it. I laughed and said, "Look clumsy, if you could hurt that coin by dropping it, I'd have never let you handle it."
Deep down I am sure you did get shocked in some way. Slabs can shatter...like one of mine from ICG did. :/
