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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 7836530, member: 118540&quot;]Congratulations [USER=118358]@The Trachy Enjoyer[/USER]. Those are nice Byzantine silver coins, from an interesting time, in the history of the Byzantine Empire. </p><p>It looks like, what you have, for the smaller coin, is an NGC photo certificate. If so, then this is the first NGC photo certificate, that I have seen. According to the following NGC link : </p><p>&quot;All coins graded by NGC Ancients will be encapsulated, except those deemed ineligible because of their physical characteristics (unstable surfaces, inappropriate dimensions, etc.); those coins will receive Photo Certificates, which also are available as a supplementary service. Every effort will be made to use our EdgeView® holder for ancient coins, but when that is deemed impractical due to the physical characteristics of a coin (a typical example is a heavy Ptolemaic bronze with beveled edge), at the sole discretion of NGC Ancients, a standard core will be used, or a Photo Certificate will be issued.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/</a>&nbsp; </p><p>I&#039;m guessing, that NGC decided, that your smaller coin, was too small, or too fragile, for a normal NGC slab.</p><p>What interests me, is the possibility, of choosing an NGC photo certificate, instead of an NGC slab, even if the coin is eligible for an NGC slab. The above NGC quote, says &quot;available as a supplementary service&quot;. I wonder, if that means, that I could ask NGC, for an NGC photo certificate, instead of an NGC slab, even if my coin is eligibile for an NGC slab.</p><p>Because I would prefer an NGC photo certificate, rather than an NGC slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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