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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 24621347, member: 100951&quot;]Bronze prutahs/Widow&#039;s mites are extremely common, even those in nice condition. Most prutahs are inexpensive, there&#039;s no need to have them graded. These coins tend to retail for less than the cost of grading them. Most ancient coin collectors don&#039;t concern themselves with slabbing coins. In fact, many ancient numismatists crack coins out of the slabs and keep them raw. Unlike US coins, an ancient coin&#039;s grade isn&#039;t as important as there&#039;s factors that more heavily affect an ancient coin&#039;s desirability and value (strike, provenance, die artistry, centering, planchet quality, overall eye appeal etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying a slabbed prutah just means you&#039;re needlessly overpaying for an otherwise common, low value coin. Besides, NGC&#039;s policy doesn&#039;t guarantee the authenticity of ancient coins unlike modern coins. Sure, NGC wouldn&#039;t knowingly slab fake ancient coins, but they aren&#039;t liable in the rare case they do slab a fake coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Incitatus Coins (Steve McBride) is selling a bunch of Herod prutahs for $20-$40:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins-79/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=herod&amp;store_between=0&amp;store_between_and=99999&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;store_order_by=&amp;solditems=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins-79/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=herod&amp;store_between=0&amp;store_between_and=99999&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;store_order_by=&amp;solditems=False" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/incitatus_coins-79/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=herod&amp;store_between=0&amp;store_between_and=99999&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;searchDisplayAsList=False&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;store_order_by=&amp;solditems=False</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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