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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 5443744, member: 39084"]If authenticity is important to you, purchase your coins from dealers or auctioneers who guarantee their authenticity. NGC doesn't guarantee authenticity of ancient coins that they slab. Keep the printed authenticity guarantees for when you or your heirs sell the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If slabs are important for display purposes, purchase Quickslabs (as was previously illustrated here (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/starting-a-12-caesar-set-and-wondering-about-slabbed-versus-raw.373727/#post-5438180" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/starting-a-12-caesar-set-and-wondering-about-slabbed-versus-raw.373727/#post-5438180">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/starting-a-12-caesar-set-and-wondering-about-slabbed-versus-raw.373727/#post-5438180</a>)) and print your own labels with any information you want, that fits on the label. You can easily remove your coins from Quickslabs if you want to handle them directly.</p><p><br /></p><p>You didn't mention your budget for these coins, but note that NGC's "standard" service will cost you around $75 per coin when you include the handling fee plus shipping to and from NGC, for a total of $900 over all 12 coins. Thus if you had been budgeting around $300 per coin, you've already added 25% to the cost of each coin and might possibly get better coins if you invest that $900 into the coins themselves rather than the slabbing service.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, look at the virtual trays that have been presented in this thread, all of which are attractive ways to show your collection if you can't do so in person. If your coins are in NGC slabs, you won't be able to create these virtual trays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, you might want to research display and storage ideas here on Cointalk, starting with this thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/switching-to-slabs.301135/#post-2821449" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/switching-to-slabs.301135/#post-2821449">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/switching-to-slabs.301135/#post-2821449</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 5443744, member: 39084"]If authenticity is important to you, purchase your coins from dealers or auctioneers who guarantee their authenticity. NGC doesn't guarantee authenticity of ancient coins that they slab. Keep the printed authenticity guarantees for when you or your heirs sell the coins. If slabs are important for display purposes, purchase Quickslabs (as was previously illustrated here ([URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/starting-a-12-caesar-set-and-wondering-about-slabbed-versus-raw.373727/#post-5438180[/URL])) and print your own labels with any information you want, that fits on the label. You can easily remove your coins from Quickslabs if you want to handle them directly. You didn't mention your budget for these coins, but note that NGC's "standard" service will cost you around $75 per coin when you include the handling fee plus shipping to and from NGC, for a total of $900 over all 12 coins. Thus if you had been budgeting around $300 per coin, you've already added 25% to the cost of each coin and might possibly get better coins if you invest that $900 into the coins themselves rather than the slabbing service. In addition, look at the virtual trays that have been presented in this thread, all of which are attractive ways to show your collection if you can't do so in person. If your coins are in NGC slabs, you won't be able to create these virtual trays. Finally, you might want to research display and storage ideas here on Cointalk, starting with this thread: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/switching-to-slabs.301135/#post-2821449[/URL][/QUOTE]
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