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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;norantyki, post: 7553012, member: 118879&quot;]Strangely, this is the fourth story along these lines that I have heard this week! It seems that at a certain point, many trusted auctions let their guards down / got sloppy, and the results are beginning to be felt.</p><p><br /></p><p>I myself do not agree with NGC grades 60-70% of the time, but they generally arent planets away from me, and I absolutely trust their experts on authenticity - they have a superb internal library, and also maintain an extensive network of trusted experts. I have never (to my subsequent knowledge) seen a fake ANCIENT coin in a genuine NGC slab (not true of some other series, such as Spanish colonial 8r pieces, but that is another story).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, they might sometimes have one slip through, but they GREATLY reduce the chances of being fooled by sophisticated counterfeits which are good enough to fool even reasonably well versed dealers such as myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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