Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 278985, member: 6370&quot;]As far as I know, none of them are worth much to the ancient coin community. I just dont know any collector of ancient who uses them or would even think of using one. It doesnt cost that much to send an ancient to someone like David Sears if you need to authenticate a coin. This man pretty much wrote the book (literally) on ancients and there are others like him that will look at your coin and let you know if it is authentic...some will do it gratis. That would be the only service one would need. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Grading is so terribly subjective and when it comes to ancients its even more difficult to set a standard that all would agree with. A picture or the coin in hand is the best way (IMO for all coins) to communicate the condition of a coin. With most ancients each coin is unique in that they were struck by hand and each has undergone a few thousand years in the dirt (or if you are lucky just a few thousand years of metal to metal or air effects.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have never seen a misattribution and as for grading, I guess the few I have seen I would agree with the grading but then again I havent seen many slabbed and graded ancients either...I could count them on one hand. You just dont need to grade an ancient, just price it in regards to rarity and relative condition and people can buy it or not.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>just wondering...how would you grade this coin? What price would you ask for it?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/claudius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in