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Message:: [QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 2825884, member: 81896"] Welcome to the Ancients Forum, Oldrdawg! I realize that you've contributed before but welcome anyway!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My first ancients purchases after my boxed Royal Mint collection of Holy Land Coins were NGC encapsulated Alexander Jannaeus—Star and Anchor—"Widow's Mites" I found that the ones that I assembled myself in the flips are more effective than the slabbed ones when using them in my charity work and telling the story. Please let me add that I absolutely and totally respect the abilities and expertise of Mr. Vagi. Though NGC does not authenticate ancient coins—I consider Mr. Vagi's certification as good as a guarantee. I've submitted ancient coins to NGC and they've spotted problems that I was not aware of on many of my submissions such as tooling, smoothing, repatination, and Authenticity cannot be verified. The bottom line is that I trust them. I don't keep problem coins. I don't sell them or give them away either. To be honest, many of them go into Baltimore Harbor. [ATTACH=full]664889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664901[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]