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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2757762, member: 78244&quot;]Ancient coins don&#039;t need to be slabbed to be appreciated, while US coins almost have to be slabbed. Very few people would pay MS-65 (and especially MS-66) money for a raw Morgan, and absolutely no one will pay MS-67+ money for a raw silver quarter. But suddenly with the plastic it is worth so much more. Not the case with ancients. Most collectors of ancients don&#039;t need a slab to tell them what they are looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus ancients are held to a different standard than modern coins regarding problems because they are <i>ancient</i>. NGC does not assign details grades to ancient coins. Ancients were made and lost centuries before proper storing techniques were established.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine how many slab-worthy pre-1870 US coins there would be if 95% of them were buried for 2000 years. Not many.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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