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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2967445, member: 36818&quot;]One of the main objections to slabbing is that it detracts from the visual enjoyment of the coin because the prongs are distracting and get in the way. For me this is not a big issue with most modern coins, given that they are mass-produced, and all are essentially identical and perfectly round. But much of the personality of an ancient coin resides in its unique irregularity, and anything that obscures its distinctive contours is a disadvantage.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that NGC&#039;s preference to use unslabbed ancients in their illustrations is confirmation of this. Certainly there must be numerous attractive slabbed ancients that they could use. The Heritage website is full of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>A well-known NGC employee, who has written several articles about ancients published in <i>The Numismatist</i> (ANA&#039;s publication), only illustrates his articles with <i>un</i>slabbed coins. I find this very curious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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