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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 3449241, member: 56370&quot;]My interests in the numismatic hobby are very broad.&nbsp; My biggest focus is on US type coins and paper money, but I like to dabble on the dark side on occasion.&nbsp; My latest purchase is a Tiberius &quot;Tribute Penny&quot; from an eBay auction, and it&#039;s in an NGC slab.&nbsp; So yes, you could say that I am a novice and that I probably won&#039;t buy many more ancients before moving to other interests.&nbsp; However, dabbling in different areas is what I enjoy the most because whenever I venture into something new I end up learning something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if the price is higher, I still prefer slabbed ancients, along with virtually all of my other coins and notes which are also slabbed.&nbsp; That gives my collection both liquidity and continuity.&nbsp; I understand that having COA&#039;s from reputable dealers also offers a lot of security, but I&#039;m not deep enough into ancients to gain a good working knowledge of which dealers/auction houses to go to, so I just stick with eBay and Heritage.&nbsp; Even if I pay more, I can turn around sell a slabbed ancient on eBay for the same inflated price, and I don&#039;t need to convince another novice of the coin&#039;s provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m confident that I am speaking for a lot of collectors in saying this, because otherwise Heritage wouldn&#039;t be doing such a strong business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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