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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 3822540, member: 83845&quot;]A beginner ancient coin collector trying to start out by researching population grades would be just as misguided as a US collector taking seriously a reading of “Strike it Rich with Pocket Change.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grades ARE meaningless for ancient coins. I respect NGC for their ability to spot a fake and to note overt tooling, smoothing and other trickery. Ancient coins are unique handmade objects so it is better to just use your eyes in terms of beauty and artistry. </p><p><br /></p><p>Assigning a grade to an ancient coin is just as silly as assigning one to a painting or a sculpture. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also if you bought the slab you should be able to keep the label. After all you paid for it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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