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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2448252, member: 19463&quot;]Give me a break.&nbsp; Count the number of US coin types and the number of US coin types that major dealers have never in their life seen.&nbsp; Compare these figures to the number of types owned by members of this Coin Talk group that neither of the graders have ever seen.&nbsp; I strongly suspect there are as many unique types of ancient coins as there are types of US. We have seen fine examples of disputes between experts on authenticity in both directions.&nbsp; In 1989, some top end dealers were selling Black Sea Hoard coins while some people were pointing out little problems with them that later proved to be justified.&nbsp; For the entire 20th century the one known coin of Domitian II was thought to be a fake but finding a second one in 2003 made it look like they had been wrong.&nbsp; Barry&#039;s hiring opens the (remote) possibility that the two NGC authenticators will disagree on a coin.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to see that coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Adding an ensured guarantee on a coin like the EID MAR denarius would really increase the reasonable price of a certificate&nbsp; as if the current $2500 limit were not enough of a deterrent.&nbsp; How much would it change the $40 price for a $3000 coin? How would that affect the number of coins submitted?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who need absolute guarantees in their purchases need a different hobby.&nbsp; It is not a reasonable concept in ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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