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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8113166, member: 120820&quot;]Seeing as I&#039;m the one that pointed that out, I&#039;ll respond.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not that NGC in general doesn&#039;t guarantee their work, it&#039;s that NGC Ancients does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC seem to have built their reputation at least in part on providing money-back guarantees, both of authenticity and of grading. The name &quot;Numismatic Guarantee Corp.&quot; reflects that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The NGC Ancients guarantee is different, and spelled out on their web site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/specialty-services/ancient-coins/guarantee.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To an extent NGC Ancients seems to be riding on the coattails of their established non-ancient slabbing business, and the faith that people rightfully have in the authenticity of an NGC slabbed coin. I&#039;m not suggesting there is anything sub-par about NGC Ancients authentication - quite the opposite, although if I was in the market for authentication I&#039;d much prefer a photo certificate with either David Vagi&#039;s or Barry Murphy&#039;s signature on it, rather than a generic slab that gives no indication of who&#039;s opinion it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;d be interesting to know if NGC Ancients ever did consider a money-back guaranteed tier of service. Given that they obviously get it right the vast majority of the time, I&#039;d have thought it&#039;d be possible to self-insure and still make a profit. Maybe reject the occasional expensive coin where the insurance risk seems unreasonable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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