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clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
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What are your opinions on ANACS now vs. a few years ago?

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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still not a fan of how they grade Morgans.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not sure, there have been 3 or 4 new days since I last sent a coin to them, and that was only a couple of years ago. image
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  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭
    current ANACS has very little credibility it is not consistent at all. The market has also spoken on recent ANACS slabs as well, the Taylor era was real bad for ANACS the ICG treatment of a once great grading company was a train wreck. I have not used ANACS since the advent of the toy holders they started to use a few years back. ANACS does not represent value any longer PCI/ICG/ANACS are the way lower tier 3erd party grader now.
    PCGS is the most consistent and the market also agrees. I have a lot of the old ANACS holders but also PCI as well they both were very good until they were acquired and wrecked by there new respective owners.

    The PCGS Genuine holder will make it nearly impossible for ANACS to regain its former place in the market though there is need for more TPG's
    NGC is said to be offering net grades for problem coins as well - I don't know if that is accurate but if it is ANACS is pretty much not relevant any longer in my opinion.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sent a couple of silver roosevelts in about 2 years ago. Even then, I think they were on a decline. Wasn't impressed (2 coins from an original unc roll and 1 got MS66 and the other AU58).
    Nowadays, I wouldn't even waste anything on using them.

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  • golfer72golfer72 Posts: 3,588
    ANACS is fine . I have several coins in their newer holders and they are graded correctly. The slab itself is not very good though.
  • CEOGBOSECEOGBOSE Posts: 377
    Personally and unfortunately I don't think it matters with PCGS and NGC having a lock on 1-2 anything else is just a holder IMHO. I'm not saying ANACS grading is bad however we all know if you want maximum return on your investment if it's not in a PCGS or NGC holder it won't fetch the maximum premium. I don't like it but it is what it is.

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  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Excellent coins to crossover to PCGS if your grading skills are up to par.image
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  • ModernDollarNutModernDollarNut Posts: 886
    ANACS grading of Ikes these days is closer to my expectations than was the case several years ago.

    All grading is judgmental, there are no absolute standards, especially as to the proper weighting of the many separate factors that contribute to a coin's eye appeal or lack of it.

    No disrespect, but ANACS's Ike grading is presently more consistent than PCGS's IMHO.

    ANACS also is on the cutting edge of Ike Varieties, even though this entails some risk of getting caught in descriptors that will inevitably change with time and better understanding of underlying mechanisms in a Series as young as Ikes. Rob
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  • Halfhunter06Halfhunter06 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭
    The guys at ANACS know what they are doing. Just as good as NGC or PCGS
  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭

    I have sent coins to all three and ANACS grades just as well as PCGS and NGC. The marketplace gives PCGS and NGC a leg up on coins but I don't agree.
  • bouchardaboucharda Posts: 2,941


    << <i>I have sent coins to all three and ANACS grades just as well as PCGS and NGC. The marketplace gives PCGS and NGC a leg up on coins but I don't agree. >>



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  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is no real reason to use anacs anymore. Nothing to distiguish them. Going into the gruesome details of what Taylor did to the old anacs as well as the present ICG is ancient history. Their toy slabs belong in the lower tier. I miss the small compact holders. Maybe someone will resurect these someday. Current anacs slab with the pumpkin colored insert is an atrocity. buffnixx
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  • bouchardaboucharda Posts: 2,941


    << <i>There is no real reason to use anacs anymore. Nothing to distiguish them. Going into the gruesome details of what Taylor did to the old anacs as well as the present ICG is ancient history. Their toy slabs belong in the lower tier. I miss the small compact holders. Maybe someone will resurect these someday. Current anacs slab with the pumpkin colored insert is an atrocity. buffnixx >>



    Maybe you are correct.....these do look MUCH better:

    A Looker
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I no longer even consider using them.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,075 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The guys at ANACS know what they are doing. Just as good as NGC or PCGS >>



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    I recently sent in some Morgans to them and they graded about what I hoped. right on or within a point!

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  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But, your morgan dollars, especially morgans, would have been better off in pcgs or ngc holders -- buffiixx
    Collector of Buffalo Nickels and other 20th century United States Coinage
    a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    The present holders after the change are graded very tough and there's some PQ coins in them. It reminds me of the early ANACS holders, hope they hold the line.
  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The old saying buy the coin not the holder is now and will always be the best advice!

    Now as far a grading companys, PCGS and NGC are more market acceptable. That being said I believe there are many nice coin in other holders, but you have to know how to grade properly AND guess on how the top 2 are thinking at the time if you plan on crossing them over.

    If your not looking at coins in other holders you are missing out on some fine coins. Now that's OK I or someone else will pick them up and enjoy the bargin.
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,187 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The guys at ANACS know what they are doing. Just as good as NGC or PCGS >>



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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I see a nice coin in an ANACS or ICG holder and it's not overpriced, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it.

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I won't use 'em. In my experience they went downhill quickly in the last few years. They are not the REAL ANACS anymore-ICG is.
  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,728 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm still not a fan of how they grade Morgans. >>




    I sent this 87-S/S UDM to PCGS for crossover and it came back "Altered Surfaces" This was my first big lesson not to buy Anacs graded coins anymore.



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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My ANACS and PCI crossovers (to PCGS) have always been very successful. Less so with NGC-to-PCGS. Hmm.

    I don't hesitate to buy a nice coin in an ANACS holder, new or old. I try to stay focused on the coin.
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Since management changed, I have no respect for ANACS. I had no problems with coins in small ANACS holders from days of yore.
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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,666 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I'm still not a fan of how they grade Morgans. >>




    I sent this 87-S/S UDM to PCGS for crossover and it came back "Altered Surfaces" This was my first big lesson not to buy Anacs graded coins anymore.



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    Worth trying again I'd say. And there's always NGC.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,497 ✭✭✭✭
    I definitely think that ANACS has tightened up their grading policies and would consider any recently graded coin to be correctly graded.
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  • mike92694mike92694 Posts: 1,068


    << <i>

    << <i>I'm still not a fan of how they grade Morgans. >>


    I sent this 87-S/S UDM to PCGS for crossover and it came back "Altered Surfaces" This was my first big lesson not to buy Anacs graded coins anymore.
    >>



    How big of a lesson is it, and are you willing to try again?

    I have had an 1820 Large Cent and an 1839 Large Cent, both NGC, rejected first time by PCGS as questionable color. They both graded the second time by PCGS, albeit one grade lower each.
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,527 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If I see a nice coin in an ANACS or ICG holder and it's not overpriced, I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. >>



    Obviously a huge difference over what the CAC can do for sight-unseen buyers!


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  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    I use them for all my minor RPMs, DDOs, DDRs that aren't CPG. My goal is to get at least one of each graded.

    I think they accurately grade and most of all designate what I want clarification on... and the prices realized tend to show the grading capabilities work.

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  • golfer72golfer72 Posts: 3,588
    I love all these people that completely discount ANACS. Makes the coins I find in their slabs that much cheaper. Keep it up.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,497 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I love all these people that completely discount ANACS. Makes the coins I find in their slabs that much cheaper. Keep it up. >>



    Excellent point!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭


    << <i>Anything other than pcgs and ngc is just clear plastic, might as wells just stick in a flip and call it a day imho. >>



    Ditto!
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Grading on circulated classic gold seems fine and closer to PCGS than NGC in that respect. I don't have not checked any other series recently so that's all I can comment on.
  • TyrockTyrock Posts: 312 ✭✭✭
    I used Anacs for years, but I won't go near them now. I think that the company started losing credibility after Taylor took over. Now I strictly use PCGS although I have several coins in the old white holders which I will hold onto.
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭
    I had good luck when crossing this one. It first went to NGC and came back cleaned so I sent it to PCGS.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,237 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you really enjoys coins, looking at the coins regardless of plastic makes sense. As for submitting coins to ANACs today, I would likely not do so unless it is a variety not recognized by PCGS or NGC

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  • mudskippiemudskippie Posts: 540 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>There is no real reason to use anacs anymore. Nothing to distiguish them. Going into the gruesome details of what Taylor did to the old anacs as well as the present ICG is ancient history. Their toy slabs belong in the lower tier. I miss the small compact holders. Maybe someone will resurect these someday. Current anacs slab with the pumpkin colored insert is an atrocity. buffnixx >>



    Maybe you are correct.....these do look MUCH better:

    A Looker >>



    OMG! That PCGS slab is premature! By the way, love the classic anacs slab image
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,716 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,425 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Momma said: "If you don't have anything good to say about somebody, keep your mouth shut!" I ain't sayin' nothin'. >>



    Good idea - I ain't sayin' nothin' either.

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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>There is no real reason to use anacs anymore. Nothing to distiguish them. Going into the gruesome details of what Taylor did to the old anacs as well as the present ICG is ancient history. Their toy slabs belong in the lower tier. I miss the small compact holders. Maybe someone will resurect these someday. Current anacs slab with the pumpkin colored insert is an atrocity. buffnixx >>



    Maybe you are correct.....these do look MUCH better:

    A Looker >>



    OMG! That PCGS slab is premature! By the way, love the classic anacs slab image >>



    Somehow I don't think that Obama PCGS slab is authorized by PCGS, I'm betting its an aftermarket sticker.

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