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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7780815, member: 115909&quot;]I wouldn’t exactly say it’s an “excuse”.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my mind I view it kind of like training wheels on a bicycle. It’s a way for a beginning collector like me to get my hands on genuine coins and learn the look of them so I can build up confidence in identifying them and can one day learn to do it myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I was buying $40-$50 coins I’d probably just do my best and not worry about the slab..</p><p><br /></p><p>But some of the coins I’ve purchased (like my Quadrigatus) are over $1,000 and with that kind of money being spent&nbsp; I feel more comfortable making the purchase knowing NGC experts have looked it over and are confident it’s genuine, even if they can’t “guarantee” it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically despite my classical history degree my coin knowledge is mostly regarding US coins not ancients. I can spot a fake Morgan Dollar quickly but spotting a fake denarius is much more difficult since there was much more variation in coins back then. None of them were exactly the same size, weight and diameter. Each one is unique. That makes identifying fakes more difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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