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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheMont, post: 2489289, member: 80121&quot;]I bought the Athena/Owl from a fellow coin club member who had lost his job and was selling off a part of his coin collection to help pay the bills at home. He guaranteed that it was authentic, he said he bought it from a dealer who he has been dealing with for years and trusted., and as I stated in an earlier post he said if I sent it out to be authenticated and there was any question about the coin he would take it back and return my money. I also bought it because my wife has wanted an Athena for her collection and she really liked the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was planning on sending it out to NGC Ancients for slabbing all along, but I had never heard of David Sear and I was curious to see what he had to say. Remember, I&#039;m not a regular ancients collector, I have a few in my collection, but I am by no means an &quot;expert&quot; in them. I am curious to how David documents ancients and what he will send me on the coin, but I do know from others post that he does not encapsulate the coin. As I said, different strokes for different folks, if I have an expensive coin, I prefer to have it encapsulated to protect it. Others would rather not, that is their choice and I respect it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also with my work with YNs (Young Numismatists) it is safer to have the better coins protected and let them physically handle the less expensive ones. You can teach them to only handle a coin by the edges, but in their enthusiasm then sometimes forget that rule.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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