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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2769419, member: 10461&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; Though much has been made of the fact that NGC Ancients does not guarantee authenticity, I do find them a useful &quot;screen&quot; and second opinion, since they <i>will </i>bodybag any coin they cannot verify the authenticity on. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is also the person whose opinion in ancients probably carries the most weight of any one individual in the marketplace: David Sear.&nbsp; Is he still offering an authentication service?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: aha!&nbsp; <a href="http://www.davidrsear.com/certification.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.davidrsear.com/certification.html" rel="nofollow">The answer to that last question seems to be &quot;yes&quot;</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would probably be worth the fee to get one of Sear&#039;s ACCS certificates for a coin this potentially valuable.&nbsp; </p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">(*In my cursory examination of that webpage, I did not see any statement of what happens when he determines a coin is fake; i.e., how much of the fee - if any - is refundable in that event.&nbsp; Probably none.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I do not hold out much hope for this one.&nbsp; The more I look at it, the more &quot;off&quot; it looks to me.&nbsp; But I&#039;ll defer to those with more expertise and experience.&nbsp; Gold staters are out of my league.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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