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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2522915, member: 10461&quot;]I slab mine, fully cognizant of the points TIF brought up, and that by so doing, I&#039;m bucking tradition a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note, however, that while NGC won&#039;t <i>guarantee</i> authenticity, they will not encapsulate any coin that they know to be fake or can&#039;t verify the authenticity of.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a Galba sestertius come back in a bodybag once.&nbsp; They did not call it a fake, but chose not to slab it and noted &quot;authenticity unverifiable&quot;. It had something to do with some tooling or filing on the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty sure it was a real coin, as were several experts I showed it to.&nbsp; But I understand why NGC chose not to grade it.&nbsp; They noticed something I hadn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when you slab them, you at least have another set of experienced eyes looking at your coins.&nbsp; They will reject any fakes or questionable pieces they see, so they do provide another layer of protection if not an outright umbrella guarantee.</p><p><br /></p><p>As John Anthony mentioned, it is indeed a waste of money slabbing lots of lower-value ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the long run, if you want your ancients slabbed, have &#039;em slabbed, and (politely) tell the traditionalists who scoff at that to take a hike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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