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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 675870, member: 5682&quot;][</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that most Ancient specialists don&#039;t slab their coins. At the recent ANA convention in LA, many of the more reputable dealers did, however, slab some of their more expensive coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC (Ancients) only authenticates them to the best of their ability...but does not guarantee anything. From their web site:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>&quot;Authenticity — NGC Ancients will only grade coins that it believes to be genuine. Authenticity and attribution represent the opinion of NGC Ancients and are not guaranteed, nor is any guarantee implied. Please see the NGC Ancients Coin Grading Guarantee for complete information.&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m cheap and paranoid, however. If I were going to spend over $200 on a coin that I&#039;m only vaguely familiar with (which probably includes every coin, both Ancient and modern), I want it authenticated by some TPGer. Of course, for coins under $200, the slabbing fee is too expensive and not worth the effort. I agree that with slabbing, one loses the tactile joys of collecting. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I collected high priced Ancient coins (which I don&#039;t), however, I would want some sort of authentication-slabbed or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no medicine strong enough to suppress my raging paranoia. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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