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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 2204567, member: 37707&quot;]NGC won&#039;t slab anything with a questionable authenticity. Providing a blessing of sorts, but not a guarantee of authenticity.&nbsp; You&#039;re typically paying a premium, but can get a decent deal every once in a while on ebay.&nbsp; I own 25 slabbed coins. I cracked 4 to take a look at the edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as owls are concerned; read the link Bing posted. They come in 4 main flavors: archaic,&nbsp; transitional,&nbsp; classical,&nbsp; and new. By far,&nbsp; the most popular/common is classical.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will have to decide what devices you want on the flan, as the flan typically wasn&#039;t large enough to fit all. Do you want the full nose and neck,&nbsp; but don&#039;t mind the crest of the helmet negated? Do you want the full olive leaf and AOE, falling into a nearly perfect square incuse? Or, would the leaf or part of AOE being off flan not bother you?Keep in mind that a few millimeters of details can be the difference of a few hundred dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Refer to the following link for types, prices realized, and ideas for what you can afford.</p><p>In your price range you will have to go with the classical, as you won&#039;t be able to touch an archaic or transitional, in decent condition, for less than 2k.</p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/auctioncentral/ancient-coin-archives.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/auctioncentral/ancient-coin-archives.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/auctioncentral/ancient-coin-archives.aspx</a></p><p>search &quot;athens owl&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally,&nbsp; I think one of the best places to get an Athens tet is cngcoins.com auctions. They end every other Wednesday and usually have a few to several dozen Athens offerings every auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429922[/ATTACH]</p><p>The above sold on CNG 4 weeks ago for $747; so a great looking owl is definitely doable, sub 1k.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was going to wait a bit, but I may do a write up tomorrow that is closely related to the topic at hand. Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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