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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2346512, member: 19463&quot;]I am so very thrilled to get at last something I had wanted and a nice coin all in one neat little plastic package.&nbsp; The coin actually is a very nice campgate of Trier mint with excellent left facing bust.&nbsp; The slab says MS-65 so who am I to question the word of the experts?&nbsp; The style is also quite nice.&nbsp;&nbsp; I assume it has edges but you can&#039;t see them in the dime size hole it was forced into.&nbsp; I hope they didn&#039;t file it round to fit.&nbsp;&nbsp; I suppose I might have found a better one or one not in a slab but this one is quite acceptable for the place it will fill in my collection.&nbsp; I just hope I don&#039;t drop it and pop open the seal since the value of the coin inside seems to me to be less than the value of the plastic case and coin combination.&nbsp; I do regret this is only a National Numismatic Certification slab because the same thing in an NGC box would be must, much more special to me and really a lot more rare than the C3 rating RIC gives this coin.&nbsp; The NNC website says they are no longer doing foreign coins (ancients?) due to the large number of fakes.&nbsp; Perhaps this one will be a great rarity someday???</p><p><br /></p><p>The eBay seller actually had five such slabs on auction at the same time.&nbsp; I bid on all five but only won this one.&nbsp; Some of the others were coins I may have liked better but I was not willing to pay several times their unslabbed value to get one for this special use.&nbsp; I do feel a little urge to pop this out so I could see the edges and clean off the dust that prevents taking a decent photo.&nbsp; I have never before tried to shoot a coin in a slab so I will have to try this one again to see if I can get rid of the glare that ruins this snapshot.&nbsp; Will this first experience make me turn over a new leaf and buy more Certified coins?&nbsp; Maybe it will. Maybe I will see the error of my ways and have all my coins slabbed.&nbsp; Wish me well with this weighty decision.&nbsp; If, by chance, any of you see anything wrong with my new treasure, please feel free to break the news to me and also feel free to show me other slabs you may have that share the characteristic that made me want this one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477284[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477286[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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