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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 6272188, member: 83845&quot;]I will reiterate my congratulations on your new addition. I will also caution you that when it comes to higher value coins such as this it is not the low quality fakes that would be easily screened that should concern you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes new research outs fakes that are very good and the only way to check a coin against the research is to have it raw (looking at the edge, metal analysis, specific gravity tests etc.). You have to remove it from the slab to do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best auction houses and dealers offer lifetime guarantees of authenticity. However, at least with CNG if you remove a coin from a slab they will not take it back... <u>EVEN IF IT’S FAKE!</u> When you buy a slabbed ancient coin you are trading a guarantee for an opinion and that is a bad value proposition in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you like slabs it is your collection so by all means collect your coins in slabs. However you should be aware of the differences between slabs for ancient coins and slabs for modern coins. They may look the same but the considerations are much different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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