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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 7842674, member: 39084&quot;]The hammer price on this coin is justifiable only to those who collect slabs and not coins.&nbsp; Just about three months ago Heritage sold this example for $8000 -- also grossly overpriced -- the reverse of which is clearly superior to the above coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349428[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But it was graded &quot;only&quot; NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 5/5, and not MS.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The combination of NGC&#039;s artificial, inappropriate, inconsistent, and downright questionable grading of ancients, using modern grading scales, with Heritage&#039;s pump-and-dump approach to exploiting novice and unknowledgeable buyers, is simply despicable and an embarrassment to the hobby of ancient coin collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not optimistic about this trend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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