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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1623142, member: 9204&quot;]Nope, that doesn&#039;t really happen. The dealers tend to keep in touch with their customers, particularly the better ones. And even if the coins were in slabs, what&#039;s to say that someone who &quot;knows nothing about ancients&quot; won&#039;t just offer them rock bottom? </p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that most people don&#039;t realize about this whole debate is that the dealers are at least as knowledgeable and honest as NGC. More importantly, when serious ancient coins are reviewed for authenticity, it is by the dealers. Things get passed around and reviewed at shows all the time. If a top-dollar coin ends up in an NGC slab, I guarantee the outcome was already known beforehand. </p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone considered the real reason that slabs are so popular? It&#039;s not for insurance or authenticity. Not for grade or preservation. No, slabs are successful and popular because they are a marketing device. This is why MS 6x Morgans sell for more than MS 6(x-1) Morgans. This is why you the only ancients that you regularly see in slabs are the common things that are available to dealers in bulk..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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