Conder101: Is this a real ANACS slab?

flaminio

Saw this in an auction. Is it a real slab? I've seen ANACS slabs with only the "genuine" description (no grade), but never in this hideous yellow color.

JrGMan2004

If I remember right, at one time, ANACS did yellow labels for problem coins... there is also a sample slab using the yellow label...

Barry

Could be a Coin World holder and someone replaced the black insert with a cracked out ANACS insert. The answer would be on the reverse side, where the ANACS logo is in the plastic.

Rampage

ANACS did and still does certify just as genuine. Is ANACS' name anywhere on that holder? I don't recall the inserts being yellow, but I may be incorrect.

JrGMan2004

Yes, you can make out ANACS on the label in between '5C' and the serial number...

From www.sampleslabs.com



ANACS 3

Now here is an interesting one. Issued during early 1990 or 1991 when Amos Press first owned the service, it has a yellow label and was kind of a spin off of PCI’s red label (problem coins). ANACS would certify the problem coin as “Genuine” but would only note the problem without a grade as seen here with this Steel cent. “Not Graded” but with a “Corroded” label. “ANACS” under printing is in green like usual, but the label is a bright yellow. It was meant to attract your eye and scream “problem!” to you. A really neat sample slab.

airplanenut

It is a real slab--I got one at the ANA in Baltimore in 2003--the first one found for Conder

Conder101

Yes it is real. I asked ANACS about them awhile back and their explaination was that when Amos Press took over ANACS they decided they were going to slab both problem and problem free coins. The yellow labels were used to indicate a problem coin. But they quickly decided that they didn't look good so they dropped the yellow color andjust continued to list the problem on the label. The yellow labels were only used for somewhere between four to eight weeks in 1990. I don't know the exact time period. Survival rates for the slab seems to be pretty low.

Wait a mnute? It must have lasted longer than they said. Either that or they waited awhile before they started slabbing the problem coins because if you ignore the yellow color that is NOT the first label style that ANACS (Amos Press) used and they didn't start using the style with the bar code untill some time in 1991.

kieferscoins

Neat slab! I own a sample type that George posted but not a normal slab. They are very hard to find.

Cameron Kiefer

Aethelred

I have seen a few of these and my understanding is that they were done much later than 1990. The yellow label was/is used for coins that have been sent in for authentication only, but not for grading.

airplanenut

<< <i>Neat slab! I own a sample type that George posted but not a normal slab. They are very hard to find. >>

I paid a whole $12 for the one I found... just dumb luck that it was there