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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SanClem, post: 2524053, member: 81964&quot;]I believe there is another aspect of these perpetual slab/no-slab discussions. And that involves new ancient collectors, particularly those coming over from US coins. While NGC does not &#039;guarantee&#039; the coin, there are many cases where they refused to slab a coin because they were uncertain of its authenticity. In that way the service provides a security blanket that would otherwise be missing for an interested collector who has heard horror stories of fake ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>The folks on this forum know whom to trust and can protect themselves if a bad coin reaches their hands. New collectors who lack experience and haven&#039;t found this or similar forums at least have NGC. If that gives them the confidence to start collecting ancients then we should all be singing NGC&#039;s praises. I recently read the average age of ANA members in the past 10 years has increased by 10 years. I&#039;d hate to see this wonderful hobby go the way of bowling alleys and drive-in movie theaters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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