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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volodya, post: 2420794, member: 19615&quot;]This sort of ridiculous boner used to occur often enough that NGC grading of ancients was a laughing-stock--confusing Elagabalus and Caracalla was typical--but obviously David Vagi would never make this mistake in a trillion years, not even as a typo. Note that this doesn&#039;t use his 1-5 strike/surface grading system either. I very much wish Vagi hadn&#039;t lent his considerable expertise and well-earned reputation to NGS slabbing, but he really does take his job seriously and does it well. I think this slab must predate David&#039;s arrival at NGC, unless, unbeknownst to me they&#039;ve established a sort of parallel system outside his control or oversight for bulk submissions like this so-called &quot;Colosseum Hoard.&quot; There&#039;s no such hoard; that&#039;s just a telemarketer&#039;s invention. The whole things smacks of snake-oil, greed and ineptitude, unfortunately enabled by NGC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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