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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7936030, member: 110350&quot;]For people who inherit high-end coins but have no expertise themselves, having them slabbed by NGC isn&#039;t a guarantee of authenticity, but certainly constitutes a reliable expert opinion of authenticity, even if not stated as such. And it facilitates the coins&#039; disposition. After all, a certificate of authenticity from someone like David Sear is also just an opinion, and guarantees nothing if the coin proves to be fake other than, at most, the price of the certification.</p><p><br /></p><p>An auction house, even if its personnel have a great deal of expertise, has a direct financial interest in a coin&#039;s being authentic. Hence the preference for a neutral third party opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, I&#039;ve expressed my personal opinion about slabbed coins many times. I would only submit coins for slabbing if I wanted to sell them, and the coins were valuable enough to justify the expense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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