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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2522906, member: 56859&quot;]Okay, I won&#039;t give you the bum&#039;s rush but I do feel an obligation to make sure you understand the service NGC offers.&nbsp; Beyond that, it&#039;s your money and your hobby, so do whatever you want.</p><p><br /></p><p>In case you haven&#039;t read or fully digested NGC&#039;s terms of service, here are some excerpts from <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&quot;Therefore, with ancient coins <b>NGC Ancients will only guarantee the grade</b>. It is recommended that buyers purchase ancient coins from sellers who offer unconditional lifetime guaranties of authenticity, and who otherwise stand behind their sales.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">WARNING: THIS GUARANTEE IS LIMITED TO GRADING ONLY&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&quot;<b>The grading of coins is subjective and solely reflects the opinions of NGC Ancients graders</b>.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>They guarantee only the grade and warn that the grade is subjective.&nbsp; In other words, it is a meaningless guarantee.&nbsp; The only guarantee is that an NGC employee has rendered an opinion about that coin&#039;s grade.</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I concede that it is impractical for NGC to guarantee authenticity.&nbsp; That responsibility lies primarily with the seller and buyer.&nbsp; Obviously, NGC has reason to want any coins in their slabs to be authentic because it would be bad for business if entombed coins were later deemed fake.&nbsp; However, as far as I&#039;m concerned, sending an ancient coin for encapsulation only provides an expensive holder which prevents thorough inspection and full enjoyment of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to be clear, <b>NGC does not <i>authenticate</i> coins</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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