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<p>[QUOTE="stevereecy, post: 5260680, member: 19884"]Hey guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>I just received my grades from a batch of coins sent to NGC. One of the coins was an Alexander the Great bronze coin. It graded out as an XF with a “die shift”. Is that a feature, a flaw, or none of the above? I could see how that would be a feature of a modern coin but I would think mistakes were made all the time while they were punching those ancient coins. Anybody care to share an opinion on what that means? Does it add value to the coin? Am I going to hell for having ancient coins graded? (I needed it to fit in with the rest of my coins which are all slabbed)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevereecy, post: 5260680, member: 19884"]Hey guys, I just received my grades from a batch of coins sent to NGC. One of the coins was an Alexander the Great bronze coin. It graded out as an XF with a “die shift”. Is that a feature, a flaw, or none of the above? I could see how that would be a feature of a modern coin but I would think mistakes were made all the time while they were punching those ancient coins. Anybody care to share an opinion on what that means? Does it add value to the coin? Am I going to hell for having ancient coins graded? (I needed it to fit in with the rest of my coins which are all slabbed)[/QUOTE]
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