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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1909185, member: 44357&quot;]I just wanted to say that although David Vagi is more than a little biased in his suggestions to use NGC in these videos, he is really great at what he does. I&#039;ve been next to him multiple times at dealer&#039;s tables and have observed him picking through their inventory and tastefully pointing out what coins are fake. He does this for everyone: even dealers who don&#039;t have a single slabbed coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I disagree with their 1% fee for expensive ancients, many of their grades, and the inconvenience of slabs, these are decisions which often take place at a higher pay grade than David himself. He&#039;s spent literally hours talking with me about coins and a myriad of other topics and I have a massive amount of respect for him, and based on how some auction houses describe coins (&quot;an absolutely invisible mark&quot; when the coin is deeply gashed, nearly cut in half) I think NGC does help level the playing field to a large extent for the novice collector or those who aren&#039;t able to attend an auction in person.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re definitely not legitimate, but it looks like they&#039;re better at ancients than US coins at least! I&#039;ve seen some astoundingly badly graded US coins from them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They usually do, although sometimes with poor reception deep in the hall itself (the Donald E Stephens center usually has someone sponsor the Wifi so it&#039;s free, but I&#039;ve rarely had reception anywhere past the first couple rows of tables).</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers will often put coins on hold for you for an hour or so, if you need to think about them, but it&#039;s probably worth getting a wantlist together and finding what prices you&#039;d want to pay upfront. Some dealers will be exorbitant and others will be extremely reasonable at shows. I haven&#039;t had any problems with authenticity but you can always buy a coin from a dealer, and ask someone else and if they think it&#039;s fake, any legitimate dealer will take it back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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