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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1825006, member: 42773&quot;]I like the first two ants and the denarius. You overpaid for the MA, and it&#039;s got some crud on it - maybe it can be cleaned up a bit. Try soaking it in distilled water for starters, and see if anything dissolves or loosens up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve bought some coins from the seller of the slab - they seem to be a pawn shop outfit, and I&#039;ve managed to buy a few slabs from them without any added premium. Avoid expensive slabs in general, unless they&#039;re housing very rare coins, or gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers and TPG&#039;s have been trying to foist encapsulated coins on collectors of ancients for a while now. A lot of the coins are quite common and the premiums are high. That same S. Severus denarius you bought is probably being offered by David Lawrence for $200, just because it&#039;s in a slab (and I imagine David Lawrence has a lot of overhead.) But somebody must be overpaying for the stuff because we keep seeing it - probably non-educated collectors that worry about getting fakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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