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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pprp, post: 3565623, member: 94602&quot;]While I can assure you that there is nothing shady about my intentions, and while I also can understand you feel the need to safeguard your business, I need to say the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Thanks for explaining the way you grade ancients. I learnt that you don’t have an absolute scale but grade as 5/5 the best example known to you; and that there is even a weighting factor for each side of the coin and thus incuse punches do not count as much. This is all fine but not in line with what is described in NGC ancients homepage (<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/grading.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/grading.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/grading.aspx</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; May I inquire what happens when you will run into a far better example of the Bisaltae that you graded *AU 5/5/ 5/5? You will give it the same grade? Would that be fair? Or would you downgrade by distance all the ones you had slabbed in the past up to that point?</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; On your comments about dealers, no I don’t confuse NGC with dealers, and I only replied to a numismatist from HJB and not to you</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; On your comments that there are no scratches on the coin, well, I have circled numerous scuffs as well as what I believe to be a cut on the edge</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; On your comments that there is a negligible die shift that is not worth mentioning, the shift is far from negligible, and it is evident on both sides of the coin marked yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; On your comment that you don’t see why I say it is off center, well what I meant is that only a very small part of the grenetis is visible, the back leg of the horse and the front hove are off the flan</p><p><br /></p><p>Still even with the defects above, it is an interesting coin but due to my gut feeling I had to sit on my hand. So when I saw all the stars and medals of the grading I had second thoughts. That’s all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I refrain from commenting more, I will surely resurrect the thread once the hammer falls again. [ATTACH=full]948498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]948499[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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