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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7980931, member: 10461&quot;]Good for you.&nbsp; Stand your ground against the naysayers, lad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes.&nbsp; While there is no ironclad guarantee of authenticity, having NGC certify your ancient coin IS an added protection.&nbsp; It&#039;s another set of expert eyes who have examined it, and is one filter at least, to guard you against fakes or coins with issues.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had them catch filed rims and other issues on stuff I sent in.&nbsp; On at least one occasion, I&#039;ve had a coin sent back as &quot;authenticity unverifiable&quot;.&nbsp; Which isn&#039;t to say it was fake.&nbsp; I, the dealer, and several others didn&#039;t think it was.&nbsp; And NGC didn&#039;t call it a fake.&nbsp; But due to various factors, they were unable to verify it, is all.&nbsp; So they didn&#039;t encapsulate it.&nbsp; Which was disappointing at the time, but in the long run, that boosts my confidence that they&#039;re not gonna just slap any old coin in a slab without giving it proper examination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most ancient coins have a stable &quot;skin&quot; of patina, so they&#039;re fine to handle, and in fact much more resistant to the conditions you mentioned than Gem UNC or proof modern coins would be, for example.&nbsp; But yeah.&nbsp; There is that.&nbsp; That&#039;s a double-edged sword.&nbsp; On the one hand, I can agree with you- encapsulation is nice protection from casual contamination, drops and falls, etc.&nbsp; But on the other hand, I can also agree with the majority of traditionalists who say it is more enjoyable to hold the coin raw, in your hand, to better appreciate it.&nbsp; I definitely see both sides of that issue and am on the fence there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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