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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 24859742, member: 134416&quot;]Well, I&#039;m not a high-end collector in the ancients market, but here&#039;s my opinion, for what it&#039;s worth..</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d rate it VF.&nbsp; VF/aVF, if one wanted to be strict.&nbsp; Well, most ancients are cleaned.&nbsp; You&#039;d have a hoard patina if it weren&#039;t, which can be cool (see the last post on the raw/slab podcast thread). I guess what you&#039;re saying is that it isn&#039;t toned?&nbsp; &#039;Cleaned&#039; generally isn&#039;t noted in vcoins ancient silver listings.&nbsp; Toned generally is, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, 80% of the posters on numisforums don&#039;t even list a grade, even the high-end people.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very interesting... Now, the European dealers (at least on vcoins) are the ones who are even more egregious about over-grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d have to look up that particular piece, but $400 was a bit much, in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick lookup came up with : (and numiscorner is notoriously overpriced) <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_acilia_denarius_125_bc_rome__silver/1849067/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_acilia_denarius_125_bc_rome__silver/1849067/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_acilia_denarius_125_bc_rome__silver/1849067/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>*That being said, sometimes numiscorner has listings with fair prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like most collectors of ancients, I buy them for my own pleasure. It&#039;s hard to turn a profit in the ancients field.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting for 30 years, all for my own amusement.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great time to pick the brains of someone as experienced as yourself in slabs and U.S. coins.&nbsp; Have you had any experiences with the slabs poorly aging or AE coins developing bronze disease or other problems, while within the slabs?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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