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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Johnnie Black, post: 3104007, member: 79167&quot;]In a recent trip to NYC I was excited to learn that the Stacks Coin shop was next to Central Park. We took a detour to visit the shop so I could check out the ancient coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>They had two small display cases of ancients, but they were all slabbed. There was a Nero tet that I would normally see for approximately $80 online given the condition, but Stacks wanted close to $200. I’m relatively new to ancients, but I realize the cost of the slab was driving some of that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I asked the clerk if I could see some ungraded ancients and he said that they don’t have any. “Well, that’s disappointing” thanked him for his time and headed out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cost is a big factor for me. I don’t want to pay the inflated cost for the slab among the other reasons already listed in this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if I’m buying coins $1000+ then that cost becomes a little more understandable but not for the collector grade entry level stuff I enjoy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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