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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3757156, member: 83845"]The thing about buying an ancient coin that is already slabbed is that you are trading an unconditional guarantee of authenticity and ability to return (from the auction house) for the admittedly very expert <i>OPINION</i> of NGC. If you break it out of the slab to do further verification you cannot return (at least at CNG) which effectively nullifies the guarantee. </p><p><br /></p><p>With ancient coins every auction sale is an opportunity for an expert to give their opinion on authenticity. NGC might be the best opinion out there but they are still only ONE opinion. By slabbing the coin they ensure they are the LAST opinion. As ancient coins need to be handled and examined this means that fake coins that could be outed by further study or new discoveries are protected from detection by the plastic. </p><p><br /></p><p>If NGC offered a guarantee of authenticity (I realize this is not feasible) or offered their ancient service without a slab I would be their biggest fan. While NGC has my respect I am not sold on slabbing for ancients and never will be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3757156, member: 83845"]The thing about buying an ancient coin that is already slabbed is that you are trading an unconditional guarantee of authenticity and ability to return (from the auction house) for the admittedly very expert [I]OPINION[/I] of NGC. If you break it out of the slab to do further verification you cannot return (at least at CNG) which effectively nullifies the guarantee. With ancient coins every auction sale is an opportunity for an expert to give their opinion on authenticity. NGC might be the best opinion out there but they are still only ONE opinion. By slabbing the coin they ensure they are the LAST opinion. As ancient coins need to be handled and examined this means that fake coins that could be outed by further study or new discoveries are protected from detection by the plastic. If NGC offered a guarantee of authenticity (I realize this is not feasible) or offered their ancient service without a slab I would be their biggest fan. While NGC has my respect I am not sold on slabbing for ancients and never will be.[/QUOTE]
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