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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4027993, member: 56859&quot;]If you knew more about ancient coins you generally wouldn&#039;t <i>need</i> or desire to have them graded/slabbed.&nbsp; The recent push by NGC to beef up their Ancients department seems primarily aimed at luring uneducated collectors into buying with confidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a slab lover but in fairness to NGC I do respect David Vagi and Barry Murphy, the two numismatists who are the ancient coin department at NGC.&nbsp; They do not guarantee authenticity (they only guarantee the grade, which is of course not that important) although once again, to be fair, they are extremely experienced and knowledgeable of fakes and their detection, plus it would be very bad for business if too many fakes slip through.&nbsp; So, while they don&#039;t guarantee authenticity, an NGC-slabbed ancient coin is not likely to be a modern fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many, many, <i>many</i> threads on CT about slabbing ancient coins, and the majority (vast majority?) of collectors do not want their coins slabbed.&nbsp; A few don&#039;t care one way or another, and a tiny number will only buy slabbed coins.&nbsp; Most of us don&#039;t mind buying them (we crack them out) and there is no need to pay a premium for a slabbed coin.&nbsp; Grades are far less important in the ancient coin collecting realm than they are in the modern coin world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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