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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 943134, member: 26302"]You could, but just be aware that slabbing ancients does not add value to most of us, and can actually destroy value. Look at Doug's pic above. That is what most of us think of slabs. Personally I will not buy a slab unless for sure I know I will have enough time to crack them open later. I heard CNG last year attended an auction that the collector had spent the money to have all of his ancients slabbed. I believe they bought about half the auction, then had an intern spend the next week breaking all of them apart.......</p><p> </p><p>CNG is a wonderful company, and so are a great many large, well known ancient firms. Buying anything from them will virtually guarantee authenticity. Ancient collectors like history, holding history in your hands, doing die studies and examining the coins under microscopes. We handle our coins much more than US collectors I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 943134, member: 26302"]You could, but just be aware that slabbing ancients does not add value to most of us, and can actually destroy value. Look at Doug's pic above. That is what most of us think of slabs. Personally I will not buy a slab unless for sure I know I will have enough time to crack them open later. I heard CNG last year attended an auction that the collector had spent the money to have all of his ancients slabbed. I believe they bought about half the auction, then had an intern spend the next week breaking all of them apart....... CNG is a wonderful company, and so are a great many large, well known ancient firms. Buying anything from them will virtually guarantee authenticity. Ancient collectors like history, holding history in your hands, doing die studies and examining the coins under microscopes. We handle our coins much more than US collectors I guess.[/QUOTE]
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