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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8067980, member: 115909&quot;]Thanks! Yours is awesome too! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah I definitely agree 100% that I did indeed pay more for it being in the slab. That’s just how it is in the ancient coins market. Some people may not like it but it is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don’t think the slab made it like double or triple the price that it would fetch unslabbed. I think saying I paid around 30% more is probably a good estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p>However it’s also true what you said about slabs having some benefits in terms of future sales and authenticity verification.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it’s true NGC doesn’t “guarantee” their coins but they do still examine them closely and would never slab a coin they believed to be fake which to me is sort of like a thumbs up from NGC even if not guaranteed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just don’t have the knowledge or expertise to identify genuine from fakes when it comes to ancients so knowing that an expert at NGC gave the coin a thumbs up is reassuring even if it’s not backed by a guarantee.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like slabs because they are easy to stack in my safe and the slabs themselves do act as a sort of physical protection which allows me to let others hold (the slab) and examine the coin without fear of being dropped or getting skin oils on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there is one thing I’ve learned it’s that if you give a small coin to someone who doesn’t know anything about coins and tell them to hold it by the edges…chances are they are going to drop it. xD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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