Many of you may know this, but ANACS is no longer doing net grades

Aethelred

I got a 1955/55 Lincoln cent back today and they had it as:

AU Details
Corrosion

But no net grade.

farthing

I believe that this is one of the changes James Taylor has made since he moved from ICG to ANACS.

Has the slab size changed yet?

Aethelred

No, the slab is still of the same size and looke the same.

lordmarcovan

The font is different.

CIVITAS

I'm personally glad they stopped doing that. Never liked the concept. "Grade + problem" is a better idea.

Of course I always cracked out red label slabbed coins because I think they had a negative effect on the buyer's psyche.

Steve27

I knew they were going to stop net grading, but I thought it would coincide with the changeover to the new slab.

SYRACUSIAN

The netgrade was Anacs' opinion on the value of the coin. By elliminating the numerical grade they leave the decision to the buyer. I liked the old system better. Here's one of my rare netgraded coins, a 1851 drachma ,unc details, scratched, net AU55, a really tough coin to upgrade. The scratch is less distracting in hand I believe.

Preussen

I never cared for "net grading." IMO it is merely an opinion of net value, and to me, that has nothing to do with grading. The "details grade" and nature of the defect is sufficient information for me. Just my $.02 - Preussen

JamminJ

I think the value of the net grade was in that it gave you an idea of the extent of the problem. For instance, a "AU details, cleaned, net XF" was often a lightly cleaned coin while a "AU details, cleaned, net VF" was scrubbed.

I wonder if they'll use another adjective in the problem description to help account for severity, like "cleaned" vs. "harshly cleaned".

GDJMSP

My worry is that now unscrupulous sellers will sell these coins to unknowing collectors for full value. At least with the net grade on the slab a newbie always had something to go by - now they will not.

Aethelred

<< <i>I knew they were going to stop net grading, but I thought it would coincide with the changeover to the new slab. >>




Any idea what the new slab will look like?

ajaan

<< <i>Any idea what the new slab will look like? >>


Two halves of plastic placed together.

JamminJ

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<< <i>Any idea what the new slab will look like? >>


Two halves of plastic placed together. >>



You are the answer man!

1jester

I think the net grading procedure was better, because it gave everybody a better idea of the extent of the damage, as JJ mentions. I think we're worse off by eliminating that feature.

Aethelred

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<< <i>Any idea what the new slab will look like? >>


Two halves of plastic placed together. >>





Yankee!