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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1904662, member: 44357&quot;]I have no problem buying coins in slabs, and appreciate that some people like the third party opinion of legitimacy (NGC won&#039;t guarantee it but they employ experts and won&#039;t slab something they know is counterfeit, so it is an additional opinion).</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an Otho aureus a few years ago from a large, reputable auction house, tried to get it in an NGC slab, and they declined to slab it because of questionable authenticity. I took that back to the auction house, and they took the coin back with a full refund.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy cherrypicking quality NGC-slabbed ancients from US dealers who don&#039;t understand what they&#039;re selling, like the Vespasian Boscoreale aureus I shared here recently. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is also helpful from a storage perspective for particularly thick or high grade coins that could be damaged by cabinet friction, but personally I prefer them raw. I considered getting my collection slabbed but when I found out it costs 1% of the coin&#039;s value for high value coins, I walked away and never looked back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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