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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2264781, member: 56859&quot;]By references do you mean &quot;from the X hoard or X collection&quot;?&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall seeing any catalog or book references on NGC slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpt from <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/attributions.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/attributions.aspx" rel="nofollow">NGC&#039;s website</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pedigrees</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The discovery and / or verification of pedigrees is not included in the grading fee, so under most circumstances the submitter must provide supporting documentation (photocopies from auction catalogs, etc.) in order for a pedigree to be included on the label. <b>Since the descriptive portion of the label is limited to five lines</b>, the inclusion of a pedigree may require the elimination of other non-vital data.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pedigrees that typically can be requested include museum de-accessions, major private collections, important auctions, recognized hoards that are published (or that are verifiably on track to be published) and private labels.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Additional Considerations</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Reference</i></p><p>Ancient coins are attributed based upon the conclusions in standard references. In order to maintain a reasonable submission fee, and to avoid the problems associated with individual requests for different references, NGC Ancients typically does not include reference numbers on its labels. Exceptions to this rule include die identifications for decadrachms of Syracuse, and some other important coinages that have been exhaustively studied, and for which die identifications are both practical and universal.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless they start using a much smaller font, there won&#039;t be enough room for all of the information we feel is important.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the additional information (&quot;such-and-such hoard&quot;) requires paying for a higher submission level ($40 tier and up).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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