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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2560192, member: 56859"]I'm able to see Heritage's eBay offerings and history using a proxy server. I scrolled through sold lots, going back to August. It looks like the gradeless slabs first appeared on October 17 (a single coin), then another gradeless slab on October 31, then six on November 3. Perhaps they are trial balloons to see if the absence of a grade has any negative effect on sales? </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of ungraded examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero denarius, sold for $217.50</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Empire-Nero-AD-54-68-AR-Denarius-NGC-Ancients-/371773813930?hash=item568f7234aa%3Ag%3A8uMAAOSwA3dYESWE&nma=true&si=f%252BcXlT79uNC1GTZBw%252F%252FRi%252Fdfb2U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Empire-Nero-AD-54-68-AR-Denarius-NGC-Ancients-/371773813930?hash=item568f7234aa%3Ag%3A8uMAAOSwA3dYESWE&nma=true&si=f%252BcXlT79uNC1GTZBw%252F%252FRi%252Fdfb2U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Empire-Nero-AD-54-68-AR-Denarius-NGC-Ancients-/371773813930?hash=item568f7234aa:g:8uMAAOSwA3dYESWE&nma=true&si=f%2BcXlT79uNC1GTZBw%2F%2FRi%2Fdfb2U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]551651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]551652[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scaurus denarius, $102.50</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Republic-M-Aurel-Scaurus-c1-12-BC-AR-Denarius-Serratus-NGC-Ancients-/142161659360?hash=item21197ec5e0%3Ag%3AYGYAAOSwUEVYESh9&nma=true&si=XD4uhNZoRFaHnXxEsJXC9gMsDr8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Republic-M-Aurel-Scaurus-c1-12-BC-AR-Denarius-Serratus-NGC-Ancients-/142161659360?hash=item21197ec5e0%3Ag%3AYGYAAOSwUEVYESh9&nma=true&si=XD4uhNZoRFaHnXxEsJXC9gMsDr8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Republic-M-Aurel-Scaurus-c1-12-BC-AR-Denarius-Serratus-NGC-Ancients-/142161659360?hash=item21197ec5e0:g:YGYAAOSwUEVYESh9&nma=true&si=XD4uhNZoRFaHnXxEsJXC9gMsDr8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]551653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]551654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2560192, member: 56859"]I'm able to see Heritage's eBay offerings and history using a proxy server. I scrolled through sold lots, going back to August. It looks like the gradeless slabs first appeared on October 17 (a single coin), then another gradeless slab on October 31, then six on November 3. Perhaps they are trial balloons to see if the absence of a grade has any negative effect on sales? Here are a couple of ungraded examples: Nero denarius, sold for $217.50 [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Empire-Nero-AD-54-68-AR-Denarius-NGC-Ancients-/371773813930?hash=item568f7234aa%3Ag%3A8uMAAOSwA3dYESWE&nma=true&si=f%252BcXlT79uNC1GTZBw%252F%252FRi%252Fdfb2U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557']http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Empire-Nero-AD-54-68-AR-Denarius-NGC-Ancients-/371773813930?hash=item568f7234aa:g:8uMAAOSwA3dYESWE&nma=true&si=f%2BcXlT79uNC1GTZBw%2F%2FRi%2Fdfb2U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/URL] [ATTACH=full]551651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]551652[/ATTACH] Scaurus denarius, $102.50 [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Republic-M-Aurel-Scaurus-c1-12-BC-AR-Denarius-Serratus-NGC-Ancients-/142161659360?hash=item21197ec5e0%3Ag%3AYGYAAOSwUEVYESh9&nma=true&si=XD4uhNZoRFaHnXxEsJXC9gMsDr8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557']http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roman-Republic-M-Aurel-Scaurus-c1-12-BC-AR-Denarius-Serratus-NGC-Ancients-/142161659360?hash=item21197ec5e0:g:YGYAAOSwUEVYESh9&nma=true&si=XD4uhNZoRFaHnXxEsJXC9gMsDr8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/URL] [ATTACH=full]551653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]551654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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