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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25960588, member: 10461&quot;]Whoo, Pompey!&nbsp; Oodles of history in <i>that</i> one!&nbsp; I have never owned one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree.&nbsp; This is why, despite the fact that I reject all <i>non</i>-ancient coins that got &quot;details&quot; grades from a TPG, I am more lenient when it comes to NGC&#039;s italicized comments on an ancient coin&#039;s slab label.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t count the same as a &quot;problem&quot; would with a more modern milled coin, in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothin&#039; wrong with these, despite the italicized NGC comments on the labels.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/54ad85e6ff5746e89a1ba60f8709758e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, they even gave this Claudius sestertius their ★ &quot;star&quot; rating.&nbsp; It&#039;s the only NGC &quot;star&quot; coin I currently own.&nbsp; This is one of the few ancients I&#039;ve bought that was already in a slab.&nbsp; I tend to buy them raw and submit them myself.&nbsp; Yes, I&#039;m an unrepentant slabber of ancients.&nbsp; I do it mostly for consistency with the rest of my collection.</p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/2259f0d270b4498990ce657c8de62ea8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Justinian tremissis was a pleasant surprise when I submitted it.&nbsp; CNG had called it &quot;good VF, wavy flan&quot;, or something like that.&nbsp; NGC did note the wavy flan (they called it &quot;wrinkled&quot;), but they also recognized its superior strike and called it Mint State.</p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/21f1f80648ee4694a8acd156d76c1de8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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