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<p>[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 7780499, member: 111387"]Ha Ha Ha, Ya think they're obvious fakes do ya?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the ancients slabbing industry was created in mind primarily for collectors such as yourself. Those that take a modern coin collecting approaches and try to apply them to ancient coin collecting approaches. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally look at slabbing ancient coins as a detriment to the hobby, encouraging investors rather than collectors -- Fretting about silver purity and established grading scales more than numismatic historical value or natural eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>To each their own, I suppose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 7780499, member: 111387"]Ha Ha Ha, Ya think they're obvious fakes do ya?:facepalm: Yes, the ancients slabbing industry was created in mind primarily for collectors such as yourself. Those that take a modern coin collecting approaches and try to apply them to ancient coin collecting approaches. I personally look at slabbing ancient coins as a detriment to the hobby, encouraging investors rather than collectors -- Fretting about silver purity and established grading scales more than numismatic historical value or natural eye appeal. To each their own, I suppose.[/QUOTE]
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