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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 3025377, member: 24754&quot;]This is worth considering, this type of person would definitely make better informed purchasing decisions than I could possibly make at this point. Which, as you suggested, would probably net more value per cost even when considering the fees. I&#039;m hesitant to try something like this, however, because the &quot;hunt&quot; represents a large portion of what is enjoyable about coin collecting for me. Even if I&#039;m just scouring ebay, finding the coin and making the purchase satiates that treasure hunting instinct!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ya, I kinda got off on a tangent with the slabbing discussion pertaining to &quot;modern&quot; coins. I have no delusions about what should be expected of ancient coins. I&#039;m not expecting cartwheeling luster on a coin that&#039;s been buried in the mud for 2000 years (or anything of a surface that could be considered &quot;original&quot; in any way). I&#039;m looking solely for detail, eye appeal, and most importantly authenticity in these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My tendency toward appreciating eye appeal over all else is what has led me to type collecting in general. I don&#039;t care about having a 1914 D wheat cent in particular, I just want the highest grade red blazer wheat cent that I can afford. If it&#039;s a 1958 D, then that&#039;s just fine by me (a wheat cent is a wheat cent in my mind, I only need 1).</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, I &#039;d ideally like to obtain the best looking authentic coin that I can for each emperor. I don&#039;t care if it&#039;s run of the mill or a one of a kind. I just want it to look as &quot;mint state&quot; and un-mottled as could reasonably be expected.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that&#039;s good to know. I had blindly assumed that NGC would back their evaluation with some type of guarantee.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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