Six Old Slab ANACS Morgans -- Guess the grades -- Grades Revealed .. First post

Smittys

InternetJunky

By Cert # - Left to right

2823572 - 63
2823573 - 63
2823571 - 64
2823568 - 45
2823570 - 53
2817948 - 55

doh

Left to right:
53
53
55
40
35
50

greghansen

Interesting group of coins. All are at a grade level where there is a big price jump between the major grade below and the major grade above. The scans make it tougher also, since luster and eye appeal are super tough to evaluate on these types of images...but I'll play and give it a try. Here are my guesses left to right, top to bottom:

1901 AU55: I like this coin just a fraction more than the 2nd one.

1901 AU53: Not mint state. Enough ticks to keep it in lower AU grade.

1896-O AU58: WAG that this is the highest graded coin of the bunch. Very little wear and decent strike on a mid/late 90's O mint coin. Sure like to see it in hand to see what the luster/eye appeal looks like. Without that...guessing it at highest possible circulated grade. At mint state, it becomes over a $1,000 coin.

1892-S XF40: Nice coin. Big price jump between XF and AU. Closer to an XF45 than VF35.

1896-SXF45: I may have overgraded this one thinking it had more remaining luster than the '92-S. If I missed this one, I'd expect it to be an XF40. I think I guessed it at its maximum possible grade. Another pretty big jump between value in XF & AU

1896-O AU50, this last '96-O is a bit tricky. I'm guessing the lack of detail is more due to lack of strike than wear, so I kept it AU. Actually wouldn't shock me to see this as an AU53.

Thanks for the fun group of coins.

DNADave

The 28..... numbers with the changed font are a less stringent time period for ANACS and are often overgraded.

Smittys

<< <i>The 28..... numbers with the changed font are a less stringent time period for ANACS and are often overgraded. >>



So I ask what do you grade them?

InternetJunky

Wait, so was I supposed to grade them based on what ANACS graded them or what PCGS would grade them?

If ANACS, I stand by my previous grades, if PCGS I'll come up with something else.

doh

<< <i>If ANACS, I stand by my previous grades, if PCGS I'll come up with something else. >>


I actually like ANACS...especially the old white slabs. I've had very good luck crossing them to PCGS. There are overgraded dogs in ALL services' holders. I'll say this: I vastly prefer ANACS to NGC.

InternetJunky

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<< <i>If ANACS, I stand by my previous grades, if PCGS I'll come up with something else. >>


I actually like ANACS...especially the old white slabs. I've had very good luck crossing them to PCGS. There are overgraded dogs in ALL services' holders. I'll say this: I vastly prefer ANACS to NGC. >>



Have you had the same luck with modern ANACS slabs? I've always thought PCGS was the top dog, NGC had fairly good percentage on crossovers, and ANACS wasn't that great of a crossover percentage. I've never tried crossing myself, but just what I've gathered from the board I've seen most talk about crossing NGC to PCGS, not ANACS to PCGS.

Rollerman

This was kind of tough, but I'll take a stab at it.
Left to right, top to bottom:
top row: 50, 50, 55.
bottom row: 35, 45 and 53.

The first two have a color that doesn't look right to me, probably the image. They remind me of a very dark toned 1879 O that, many years ago, I lightly rubbed with baking soda until they looked about like those first two.

The first coin on the LH side of the bottom row is probably a 40, but since I can't really tell about the luster situation on the 2nd coin, I decided to make it a 35 and the 2nd coin a 45 since there is quite a difference in wear, yet without seeing evidence of luster, I can't grade the 2nd coin higher. If I had them in hand, I'd probably go 40, 50 and 55, but from the photo's, I'll say 35, 45, and 53.

Sure hope the OP will remember to post the correct grades as I'm very curious.
Best wishes,
Pete

doh

<< <i>Have you had the same luck with modern ANACS slabs? >>


Good point, I have no idea how ANACS is with moderns. All my experience with ANACS has been with classic era coins. They might very well suck with moderns and I'm sure PCGS is the top dog.

Smittys

Kdog08

I had them as follow:

50...........55............55


35...........40............55

greghansen

Based on certification numbers it looks like the first five were submitted at the same time, and the last at some other time. I don't like the last one being graded higher than the other '96-O, and it would have been interesting to see if it would have been, if it would have been submitted with the rest of the group.

golfer72

2823572 - 63
2823573 - 63
2823571 - 64
Are you serious?