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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2620239, member: 56859&quot;]What a wonderful gift you received, [USER=77976]@Nathan401[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like it better if I could hold it (i.e., not slabbed <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &quot;Golden Age Hoard&quot; label, there has been much discussion about such NGC labels, with the popular thought being that the many such hoard names were merely marketing ploys.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Barry Murphy (long time coin dealer, now works for NGC Ancients) dropped in for one such discussion and he maintains that such labels are legitimate.&nbsp; Here are those posts:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549930" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549930">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549930</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549862" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549862">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549862</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549833" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549833">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/if-ngc-wants-us-to-take-them-seriously-they-need-to-stop-lying.285415/page-4#post-2549833</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think such labels are both:&nbsp; legitimate AND marketing ploys.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, to clarify:&nbsp; NGC does not guarantee authenticity, although obviously they do not want to slab fakes so perhaps having a NGC-slabbed coin gives bit of extra confidence to a newbie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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