My First ANACS Submission
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Photogrades of the coins I submitted to ANACS. Nothing too crazy in the submission but I hope you guys like them!
I have a few PCGS things coming back soon so I might post them to this thread when they come back (NGC to PCGS crossover, 5-coin US submission, 1-coin World coin submission)
In total, 4 coins exceeded my expectations, 6 coins met my expectations, and two (1932 25c, 1955-D 25c) graded lower than I expected.
The reasoning behind so many Washington quarters in the submission were due to my ANACS silver Washington quarter set.
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I hope the volumnous amount of images won’t be too bothersome lol
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Thanks for sharing.
competing thought - posting pic in a thread already running will almost assuredly not get them seen. most people here cant' get past the op for a topic
the othr is thread count. you seem to be slowing down some so i guess you can start a new thread for the crossovers
Either way I do want to be conscious of how people perceive me in these forums so I do want to just limit post count, maybe a forum every other day or a little less frequently than that, so I may just add it here and tweak the title a touch. But it depends on whats happening when I receive the PCGS packages.
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Just be yourself, polite and respectful, even if you're disagreeing, and you'll be fine.
That is really good advice although I also see a lot of people complain about overposting
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That's usually people who ask a question about a coin, sometimes over and over, and refuse to accept the advice they're receiving from the many experts here.
Also, some people will post 5 coins in BST and put each in it's own separate post, therefore taking up a large part of the first page.
Fair enough, I will say I’ve seen this before, although mainly before creating my account.
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@Goob I'm going to echo what Mike @MWallace said: "Just be yourself, polite and respectful, even if you're disagreeing, and you'll be fine."
Great advice for every poster, new or seasoned veterans.
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But I am posting to your thread to ask if you learned anything from Submitting to ANACS?
Did you have grades for how you saw your coins prior to sending them?
Did you see any of the problems they listed?
It seems a few may not have been the best financial decisions (fairly common coins that probably didn't gain much if anything from grading), but there are lots of benefits to sending some coins in. I'll hope you gained some more knowledge.
Just curious ...
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Let me give you some unsolicited advice. If I were you, I wouldn't waste money on grading right now. I'd get a Dansco 7070 and start plugging holes instead.
I did have grade predictions prior to the submission; I was unaware of the 1818 being scratched but the 1875 cc I sent in knowing it was already cleaned, I am aware that some weren't exactly the smartest submissions but I will say, I subbed the large cent due to me having an 1818 capped bust quarter that I sent to NGC a few years prior which I will say is probably the worst decision financially in the submission, although I just did it because it looked nice. The halves are also not the best choice which I do get, but I do like circulated seated and barber coinage (halves specifically) in holders, and I really just submitted them due to the cost of grading really not being too bad and the coins aren't too low value. The IHC was along for the ride as I have zero clue how to grade them but I somehow managed to nail the grade perfectly in predictions, so in the end that was totally worth it. I could see the Washingtons not being too smart but I have an ANACS-specific silver Washington set I want to build and ANACS-graded Washingtons are surprisingly hard to find.
I learned that honestly coin grading while sometimes not being the best choice can certainly be worth it, given proper conditions are met. The ANACS submission was half experimental and half set-building as this, as you can tell, was my first experience with ANACS.
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Like a type set or just individual albums?
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It's a type set album. You can check ebay "Dansco 7070". They're kind of expensive right now because they're out of production. It's a great type set though. Search the forum, many people do that set.
Oh okay, got it! My only real issue with a type set is that a lot of coins in type sets are out of my reach, as I only really have a 3-figure budget. I might start one this summer, if I get a job, though. Even then, a lot of the money is going to be going towards my first car.
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Best advice for young and old... newbies and seasoned collectors alike! ...and transcends coin collecting too!
@Morgan White has an excellent suggestion in getting a Dansco 7070. Mine took three starts/stops and around 25 years to complete, but like most things in Life that are worthwhile, persistence pays!
As far as sending coins to ANACS for grading...
It might be better to invest in a couple of books if you already haven't. the Official ANA Grading Standards for United States Coins by Kenneth Bressett, or at least go to the ANA Grading website
https://www.money.org/official-grading-standards/
Another book I have in my collection is: The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, Scott Travers... you can probably find it on ebay... not sure if it's still in print.
That said, if you're having fun (testing your grading skills through ANACS), isn't that the main purpose of the hobby in the first place?! lol!! The only caveat I'd put out there is that you're "honing your grading skills" to get coins into ANACS holders. Period. This may not necessarily translate to getting these into PCGS plastic. As others have alluded to, let us know if you're playing "the cross game" and how it turns out. However, before sending them in to our hosts, look at the ANA Standards for that particular coin and hold your specimen to the letter of that standard.
PCGS standards are pretty high for what I collect... mostly early copper, but I've managed a pretty decent batting average for getting them holdered. This one (1819/8 Coronet Head LC) was purchased raw on ebay for ~$300 in 2021 or so. She's been in my 7070 album as a type coin and then moved into my Wayte Raymond album of Large Cents (vol II). I'm now starting the process of getting some of my higher end coins certified (and recertified for a few) and I sent this one in to our hosts. I was hoping for AU53... she came back 58:
Best of luck in all your endeavors...
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Following this; one more, original grade predictions!
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Thank you for your input! I do own a couple of coin books already, some in the Bowers Series, as well as a copy of Coins & Collectors, and I do keep up with the Red Book publication every year, with my earliest being the 2020 edition, excluding my outlier 1982 edition I got for free at a coin show a while back. As for other literature, I do have a Numismatist subscription. I don't really use ANACS to work on my grading skills, I used to use NGC but when my membership ended I just decided to submit through ANACS, with the cheaper coins being added due to how much cheaper ANACS is. Other than that, thank you for the support!
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Love to see these grade reveal posts. I am just curious, what was your thought process for submitting the 1964? The value of the coin barely exceeds the grading fee.
It’s one i needed for my ANACS silver washington quarter set and for some reason they’re exceedingly hard to find so why not send some for grading, right?
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Think about the coin or coins you could have purchased instead of having this graded. Thats what comes to mind when I think about this ANACS submission.
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To be fair, with my budget, a lot of the coins I could have purchased would be on the same level as these…
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He’ll figure it out by the time he’s out of high school—too young upon which to inflict regrets.
Goob, members try to keep YNs from making some of our mistakes, because when you make the same one we relive the pain. My silver quarters came back 66 too.
I’m aware that some of the coins in the submission don’t have the value in which they’d be worth getting graded, but ANACS isn’t that expensive, and some coins, such as the 1875-CC seated dime are some of, if not, the highest tier coin I can currently afford…
The total 12-coin submission only cost around $250, which is a fraction of the costs of PCGS or NGC
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You ain’t dumb, I paid PCGS.
Nah, I get it. I just submitted some stuff to PCGS that frankly probably aren’t worth it but they’re certainly worth more than the coins in this submission.
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I want to congratulate you on a nice collection. I bet many your age have no appreciation for the coins nor the history behind them. I'm also glad to see you have two seated halves! My favorite series. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Always glad to share my collection! Thank you very much for your input. Also yeah, most people my age really couldn’t care less about coins… I’ve only met one person my age who cares about coins, which is pretty crazy.
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They look good. And those Anacs holders are very tough to crack open. Not that you would but I have and it was tough.
Really nice coins, congrats.
Yeah, I've seen videos of people cracking coin holders. It seems tough! The modern ANACS holders seem like the type of holder to look really easy to crack open but in reality be a difficult ordeal.
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Thank you for choosing ANACS!
I may need to give them a try as well everything I’ve found in Anacs crossed to PCGS so I don’t know what the heck is up with CAC not that I care but I’m just saying.
Get those thumb print all over those coins and block those ugly reverses... if they were any good, they would be on the obverse...
Not to mention turn over times. I had slabbed some New Zeeland Pennies and 6 pences and despite the calls that ANACs grading is not up to snuff, most came back as detailed
The smaller the budget, the more his advice makes sense.
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I had to like those “New Zeeland” coins
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