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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8232550, member: 115909&quot;]I think the difference is that a COA can be printed by just about anyone with a color printer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas NGC slabbing something is just a way of signifying: “This is what our ancient coin experts believe about this coin and it’s condition” along with a short description, date and grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s not meant to “guarantee” anything really but rather to get an expert opinion on the coin in terms of identification, dating, and condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason it needs to be slabbed is so that the expert opinion stays with the coin that the opinion was given to.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was just a certificate someone could easily pass off inferior coins of the same type as a higher grade. Like buying a VF denarius and selling it with an XF certificate given to a different coin of the same type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The slab keeps all the information about the coin together with the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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