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@Goldminers said:
I find it interesting that the seller has 100% positive feedback. In the last year 3,204 positive, 7 neutral, and zero negative feedback. The buyers indicate they are very happy with the coins.

I guess many of the collectors buying these coins raw, do not get them graded.

I tried leaving negative feedback but eBay removed it. They protect him. He makes money for them.

@ctf_error_coins said:
Yellow is about the worst possible color for a slab with a coin it. Worst decision ANACS every made.

Frankly I like them. The yellow Anacs slabs good sellers for me, especially with women.

@burfle23 said:
I really like ANACS for their early copper grading and attributions; actually started the "details grading" concept and were always spot on in my experiences.

Unfortunately can't comment on Franklins...

I think you may be incorrect on this. While you are a very accomplished and advanced "student" of coin authentication, I consider myself a "student" of coin grading. I cannot get enough of the history and evolution of grading. Interest in the subject started for me when I picked up a copy of Grading Coins: A collection of Readings in summer decades ago at an ANA Library Book Sale.

All modern "Detail Grading" is a rehash of the old Technical Grading System - grade the coin; describe any problem. The first TPGS to "Detail Grade" problem coins rather than net grade them was PCI sometime around 1990. They put problem coins in a slab with red labels. ANACS followed. This eventually forced NGC and PCGS to stop using body bags and provide a real service to their customers.

As for the subject of this thread, ANACS gets a bad rap. Marketing and coin dealers have poisoned the mind of collectors and the market. IMO, there is absolutely no reason to put the top two services ahead of ANACS because there is so much crap in slabs from every TPGS these days that a CAC was needed and that company better not eventually go down the drain as the others who were especially good at the beginning.

That said, there is only one reason to stick with the top services over ANACS and that is because the hype causes a demand making their coins sell for more money! And now, it better have a green bean to boot.

I like ANACS for grading and Authenticating medals and tokens
especially ones that aren’t slabbed at the big two TPGs.

For instance, I have a rhodium coin that, were I try to sell raw, I would probably need access to an XRF gun or a sigma at the least. To have it slabbed, graded, and big bold words on the back that says “Authenticated” gives me and a potential buyer more peace of mind.

ANACS is also the go to place for Daniel Carr productions, at least the ones that aren’t currently available to be slabbed by our hosts.

Just a quick note- the "internet seller" cancelled the sale when I again questioned authenticity and sent it to the TPG. And although my latest articles do not show the labels I'm sure you can figure it out from the images.

One of my next articles is about another older fake (from Newman 1965) and several certified examples including one in an MS 63 holder until my original research article hit the internet; I now own that one raw ...

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@Connecticoin said:
That seller uses mega-juiced photos as well. There are about 4 or 5 sellers that do this big time and they pollute my ebay searches unless I exclude them.

I wish eBay made it as easy to block a seller as it is to block a buyer. I wish to permanently block these sellers from all my searches. How do you exclude these sellers from your searches?

To exclude a seller from your search - to the right of the search button, hit the advanced link.
It gives you many options, towards the bottom is sellers
change the Include to Exclude and then enter all of your non-favorites

luckily all of my (skip these sellers) have a watermark or distinctive background so I know to not even bother looking

You made my Christmas with this gift of knowledge... Thank you!

There is a listing currently active on ebay for a 1904-S cutout jewelry Barber half dollar. The listing has been up for a while and no one has hit the BIN, so I thought it was safe to make a thread about it on the boards. The coin was a relatively high grade circulated example before approximately 30% of it was removed!

As mentioned, the listing is still active so it should be relatively straightforward if someone wants to find it. I have no financial interest in the coin so I'm not spamming. Fair warning, close your eyes if you are easily shocked-