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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbyhelmet, post: 1644124, member: 44166&quot;]<span style="color: #000000">Well, it certainly does for that example - the TPGs do want &#039;in&#039; to the ancients market though and they will use their current customer bases to do so over the next few years.&nbsp; They will push ancients as eventually they will need to branch out from US coins.&nbsp; I really hope ancients are not pushed as the new &#039;precious metals&#039;.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I just think the whole thing is unnecessary, for your coins (10K+) <i>maybe</i> but for everything else no.&nbsp; The reason some traditional US collectors are now into ancients is because they got sick of the regimented regime that had developed.&nbsp; Ancients are a completely different experience and long may they be.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Doug might be right and slabs are inevitable, the market will decide whats needed by itself.&nbsp; Thankfully so far they are scarce and only amateurs covet them over the provenience of a respected dealer or even, shock horror their own knowledge and opinions.&nbsp; Part of the fun of ancients is hunting out the best deals and discarding the fakes, slab everything and that&#039;s all gone.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I also think Doug is correct in thinking the slab collectors would only be interested in numbers.&nbsp; Your collection is the exception that proves the rule TBH.&nbsp; 99.9% of ancients do not need a TPG to grade, authenticate and slab for protection a 2000 year old coin, yours may be different.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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