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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4353275, member: 110226&quot;]Your follis looks like a really nice example.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why it was not assigned a grade by NGC, and why it was returned in a large &quot;body bag&quot;.&nbsp; NGC is a mass slabbing operation, just like PCGS and I sometimes wonder if their primary objective is to entomb as many coins in plastic slabs a quickly as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must say their mounting system for ancients, while allowing one to view some of the edge, does from time to time cause coins to pop out of the prongs.&nbsp; When that happens I am inclined to just crack the coin out of the slab and be done with re-slabbing that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the coins that I have in NGC and PCGS slabs are ones purchased already slabbed.&nbsp; I only have a handful of coins that I have submitted for slabbing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many a moon ago, back in the ancient times of the early 80&#039;s, there was a line of yellow paper envelopes with handmade cotton liners.&nbsp; They were called Gemvelopes, and rumor had it that the cotton liners were hand made by nuns.&nbsp; I only have a few; they were perfect for storing ancients.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Later there were polyliners that could be used as inserts for 2 x 2 envelopes.&nbsp; Are they still around?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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