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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2448693, member: 24314&quot;]My thoughts: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually you are far too conservative.&nbsp; There are 1000&#039;s of times more ancient types and varieties than US coins.&nbsp; That&#039;s why the professionals at NGC, many there since 1980&#039;s know the US series.&nbsp; Every once and awhile they make an authentication error so they can back a solid guarantee.&nbsp; Ancients are a much different story.&nbsp; To have only one in house expert at the beginning placed an almost insurmountable task on David.&nbsp; I should not wish to be in his shoes.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">IF</span> there ever was a problem at NGC Ancients, you can bet the company would take steps to improve or correct it.&nbsp; The new hire proves it.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>See my post above.&nbsp; I believe the poster was writing about coin types.&nbsp; Nevertheless, there are plenty of US counterfeits but due to volume of coins struck over time and different types, authenticating ancients is much more difficult. The fact that very few have ANY SEMBLENCE of an original surface and much of them are corroded makes authentication even more difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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