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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rays, post: 3631910, member: 105733&quot;]Thank you all for your very interesting comments.</p><p>I did not purchase the Julius Ceasar aureus in the OP, I just saw it and it piqued my interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were several reasons I thought of collecting the 12 Caesar Aurei:</p><p>1. It is a definable goal.&nbsp; There are 12 coins needed, none of which (my understanding) is an impossible rarity.&nbsp; When I set out to collect a Redbook variety set of US large cents, it took over 15 years to complete and substantial funding, especially for the S-48 &quot;Starred Reverse&quot;.&nbsp; It took me a few years before I could buy these early coppers raw and be reasonably sure they would &quot;slab&quot; by PCGS.&nbsp; The market for EAC coins is a little different now, even the best known EAC dealers are selling mostly slabbed coins now.</p><p>2. I like the idea of collecting gold coins over 2000 years old in nice condition.</p><p>3. My budget would be no more than $10K per coin, hopefully less.&nbsp; </p><p>4. I am a firm believer of &quot;buy the book before the coin&quot;.&nbsp; I did some searching online for reference books, but I didn&#039;t find anything specifically regarding the 12 Caesar aureii.&nbsp; I got The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius on my Kindle and plan on reading that first.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main reason I asked about slabbed vs raw coins is the danger of counterfeits.&nbsp; However, reading NGC&#039;s terms they don&#039;t guarantee the authenticity of ancients in their slabs. So I guess the slab protects the coin and gives a grade opinion, but not much else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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