ANACS Washington Quarter Set

Goob

The images listed below are of my newest set, an ANACS-only Washington Quarter set. While definitely not the most interesting set on the forums, I find the set fun to build and a little unique compared the usual one-coin set. It’s a very cheap set with the vast majority of coins being affordable. I chose ANACS to challenge myself to have an extra consistent set. There really aren’t that many coins yet, as ANACS-graded Washingtons aren’t the easiest thing to come across especially when your main coin source are coin shows, but I will still try to grow the set and update this post every time I get an addition to the set. I hope you guys like it!

Old_Collector

It will get more interesting when you get to the 1936-D and the 1932-D and S in MS64 or better.

thebeav

I can see where a set like that would be fun to work on. Of course, it will probably take some years, but that just adds to the fun. Good luck with it !

coinbuf

Enjoy the hunt!

Creg

Good plan. I like it.

pursuitofliberty

I like it ... nice way to get your feet under you and start to build something. That's a big series and a rather narrow parameter with the ANACS tilt, but they're out there.

Are you trying to do yellow-label only?

I hope to see a few 40's dates in there soon.

TomB

I have adored and collected WQs for decades. They are a great series if you are starting out and a great series fi you have tons of experience, as well. There is a long thread on the PCGS Registry board dedicated to WQs. You may want to read through it or post some of your examples.

Good luck!

P0CKETCHANGE

Great start! I like sets with challenging guardrails, in this case the modern ANACS holders. It may be worth looking for raw examples and submitting for grading.

Goob

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Great start! I like sets with challenging guardrails, in this case the modern ANACS holders. It may be worth looking for raw examples and submitting for grading.

Five of the quarters you see here are actually from my first ANACS submission. I will look for more quarters in my next coin show! I feel eBay raw quarters are a bit hit or miss…

Goob

@pursuitofliberty said:
I like it ... nice way to get your feet under you and start to build something. That's a big series and a rather narrow parameter with the ANACS tilt, but they're out there.

Are you trying to do yellow-label only?

I hope to see a few 40's dates in there soon.

I’m trying to do only the newest yellow-label with the barcode below the serial number, so basically yeah lol
I do plan to add some 40s quarters soon, either if I find some certified or if I find some raw ones to cherrypick next coin show!

Goob

@Goob said:
The images listed below are of my newest set, an ANACS-only Washington Quarter set. While definitely not the most interesting set on the forums, I find the set fun to build and a little unique compared the usual one-coin set. It’s a very cheap set with the vast majority of coins being affordable. I chose ANACS to challenge myself to have an extra consistent set. There really aren’t that many coins yet, as ANACS-graded Washingtons aren’t the easiest thing to come across especially when your main coin source are coin shows, but I will still try to grow the set and update this post every time I get an addition to the set. I hope you guys like it!

As of now, I think my favorite coin in the set is this 1963-D in MS66. It’s a coin I purchased raw from an antique mall in Missouri, around 2021-2022. I only paid $6 (PCGS value for MS66 is $75!) for it and that alongside the 1962 MS65 (that I received for free!) was what got me wanting to begin this set. This was a part of my first (and so far only) ANACS submission.

By the way the background of the image is literally a tissue lol

MWallace

Nice start. Keep it going.

Morgan13

Impressive. I also think your best bet is to find raw or crack outs to help with your endeavor.
Good luck.

Tom147

I like it. I'll guess you're not gonna have to pay PCGS ms66 price for an ANACS ms66. More affordable and a nice looking set so far.

MWallace

@Tom147 said:
I like it. I'll guess you're not gonna have to pay PCGS ms66 price for an ANACS ms66. More affordable and a nice looking set so far.

I know that PCGS prices are higher for ANACS coins graded the same, but I find that quite often ANACS is much tougher with their grading. I know that most here will disagree with me, but like myself, many just assume that PCGS is tougher, but as I really took notice, ANACS can be tough.

Tom147

@MWallace said:
I know that PCGS prices are higher for ANACS coins graded the same, but I find that quite often ANACS is much tougher with their grading. I know that most here will disagree with me, but like myself, many just assum that PCGS is tougher, but as I really took notice, ANACS can be tough.

Did not know that. Out of 2000+ slabs, I don't have more than 10 ANACS holders. I'm thinking I'll pull those and guess a grade w/o looking just to see for myself. Yea, a small sampling but that may make a difference in future purchases.

MWallace

@Tom147 said:

@MWallace said:
I know that PCGS prices are higher for ANACS coins graded the same, but I find that quite often ANACS is much tougher with their grading. I know that most here will disagree with me, but like myself, many just assum that PCGS is tougher, but as I really took notice, ANACS can be tough.

Did not know that. Out of 2000+ slabs, I don't have more than 10 ANACS holders. I'm thinking I'll pull those and guess a grade w/o looking just to see for myself. Yea, a small sampling but that may make a difference in future purchases.

Remember, and I admit, that this is just my opinion.

cmerlo1

Thank you for choosing ANACS! Like I've said on other posts, we aren't really trying to get super high-end coins in our holders. This is because:

1. We are in a market space with two much bigger companies, and with that going on we need to fill a niche the other companies really aren't interested in.
2. That niche is less expensive coins like the OP's, who wants to have his coins reliably graded and slabbed but doesn't want to spend as much as it would take to get the coins into PCGS, NGC, or CAC slabs.
3. PCGS/NGC/CAC pretty much have the high-end certification market to themselves. People aren't sending large numbers of $10000+ coins to us anyway, and we are fine with that.

This is why you see us set up at small, local shows- we want the casual collectors and smaller dealers to submit their coins to us. At the bigger shows where PCGS/NGC/CAC are in attendance, we actually send the customers with higher-end coins to PCGS if they are there. Likewise we get business from people who have been to the PCGS table and found out that it will cost more than they want to spend for their coins, because they don't have the value to justify the cost.

I'll add that we've had a lot of success with this model.

Goob

@cmerlo1 said:
Thank you for choosing ANACS! Like I've said on other posts, we aren't really trying to get super high-end coins in our holders. This is because:

1. We are in a market space with two much bigger companies, and with that going on we need to fill a niche the other companies really aren't interested in.
2. That niche is less expensive coins like the OP's, who wants to have his coins reliably graded and slabbed but doesn't want to spend as much as it would take to get the coins into PCGS, NGC, or CAC slabs.
3. PCGS/NGC/CAC pretty much have the high-end certification market to themselves. People aren't sending large numbers of $10000+ coins to us anyway, and we are fine with that.

This is why you see us set up at small, local shows- we want the casual collectors and smaller dealers to submit their coins to us. At the bigger shows where PCGS/NGC/CAC are in attendance, we actually send the customers with higher-end coins to PCGS if they are there. Likewise we get business from people who have been to the PCGS table and found out that it will cost more than they want to spend for their coins, because they don't have the value to justify the cost.

I'll add that we've had a lot of success with this model.

That is an interesting business idea because from what I’ve seen (which isn’t much) businesses try to get as much money as they can as frequently as they can but it is interesting to see how ANACS did the opposite. It’s a smart idea though. I haven’t tried ANACS show submission yet. Maybe I should soon, though!

jesbroken

Great start. Just sold my last WQ album. One thing I will add re:ANACS grading. I used to have a short set of Walkers in the SWH's and never had one to not cross to PCGS. Same for war year Jefferson FS coins. Cannot comment on the yellow holders.
When you select your 32D&S WQ's checkout higher AU grades. Some are as nice as many MS speciman's at a far more affordable price.
Good luck in your endeavor and look forward to seeing new additions.
Jim

Goob

@jesbroken said:
Great start. Just sold my last WQ album. One thing I will add re:ANACS grading. I used to have a short set of Walkers in the SWH's and never had one to not cross to PCGS. Same for war year Jefferson FS coins. Cannot comment on the yellow holders.
When you select your 32D&S WQ's checkout higher AU grades. Some are as nice as many MS speciman's at a far more affordable price.
Good luck in your endeavor and look forward to seeing new additions.
Jim

Good advice! While AU coins of the harder dates are a bit out of reach for me as of now, I will certainly look into it in the near future, probably this Summer being the earliest. Thank you for the feedback on my set!

Goob

For anyone who sees this comment, should I include proofs in the set or limit it to just business strikes?

ChrisH821

@Goob said:
For anyone who sees this comment, should I include proofs in the set or limit it to just business strikes?

That's up to you... If you like the proofs then include them. You can limit the date range to exclude the more expensive 1936-42 coins, or only include only the silver issues of 1950-64 to limit the number of coins you need to acquire.
I am building a Whitman album set and for all the Philly spots from 1936-42, and 1950-64 I am placing proofs. I got pretty lucky and found a 1936 proof for under $200(probably a PR64 if graded) which made those a bit easier.

Goob

@ChrisH821 said:

@Goob said:
For anyone who sees this comment, should I include proofs in the set or limit it to just business strikes?

That's up to you... If you like the proofs then include them. You can limit the date range to exclude the more expensive 1936-42 coins, or only include only the silver issues of 1950-64 to limit the number of coins you need to acquire.
I am building a Whitman album set and for all the Philly spots from 1936-42, and 1950-64 I am placing proofs. I got pretty lucky and found a 1936 proof for under $200(probably a PR64 if graded) which made those a bit easier.

Nice on the 1936 proof! I am a bit indecisive on whether or not to include proofs because although I do find them to be nice coins, they are a bit more expensive than business strikes from what I've seen, which makes me a bit cautious of the whole thing. But then again, it could really improve my set quality.

P0CKETCHANGE

@Goob said:
For anyone who sees this comment, should I include proofs in the set or limit it to just business strikes?

Stick to business strikes. The 1932-1964 silver issues are already 83 coins. It took me six years to finish my set of those. You can always come back to the proofs if you decide to.

Goob

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
Stick to business strikes. The 1932-1964 silver issues are already 83 coins. It took me six years to finish my set of those. You can always come back to the proofs if you decide to.

True, It would be best to focus on what makes up the majority of the set before getting to the rest. Most proofs seem to be cheap and affordable but yeah they do seem to get a bit out of hand the earlier you go. So I mean it would be best to focus on the cheaper-end business strikes for now. I might focus on the cheaper proofs once I'm done with at the bare minimum the cheapest business strikes (like not the key dates) but maybe move on to the proofs when the key and semi-key dates are what remain.

jedm

I like your start so far! I have a set of business strikes with most of them raw in a Dansco album and just three of the "keys" in NGC plastic. I like the look of nice AU & MS Washingtons.

Goob

@jedm said:
I like your start so far! I have a set of business strikes with most of them raw in a Dansco album and just three of the "keys" in NGC plastic. I like the look of nice AU & MS Washingtons.

I'm glad you like my set so far!
Other than that, it's cool that you've managed to acquire the keys of the set (or at least a portion of them) and I do hope to manage that someday although I don't know when, as I'm hoping to get them in EF-AU-MS but they're a bit too expensive for me right now. Maybe someday though!

Goob

New addition! 1937-D MS63

BLUEJAYWAY

Enjoy the quest. You have a good start.

TomB

WQs with mintmarks from the 1930s are great to have. Nice job.

Goob

@TomB said:
WQs with mintmarks from the 1930s are great to have. Nice job.

Thank you!

Goob

Quarter #10 acquired! 1953-S MS66

(I wanna work on the 1940s but decided to get this as it was surprisingly cheap!)

April edition of The Numismatist also came in so that’s awesome

TomB

Those S-mint WQs from 1946 through 1955 can come with amazing luster. This is especially true, in my experiences, for the coins from 1951-1954. Even with the luster, many appear to have been struck in oatmeal, but they look awesome.

Goob

WQ #11 acquired today, first from the ‘40s! Do yall like the photos I took?