Post your old ANACS photo certificates.

fivecents · February 25, 2016 9:41PM

Middle photo certificate is Numismatic Certification Institute. What is the history of NCI?

ShadyDave · February 25, 2016 11:18PM

I have a neat photo-cert you don't get to see everyday. I'll post it when I'm home later tonight!

oih82w8 · February 25, 2016 11:25PM

Everybody seemed to want to be on the band wagon at one time;

http://coinauctionshelp.com/NCI.html#.VtBuUXnVw-4

Numismatic Certification Institute (NCI)

The second of the three major services is the Numismatic Certification Institute (NCI), an affiliate of Heritage Capital Corporation. Founded in 1984, NCI espouses the grading philosophy of Jim Halperin, set forth in The NCI Grading Guide. It can be characterized as more commercial than that of ANACS, incorporating all factors which the market considers when trading coins, including strike, luster, surface preservation (bagmarks and hairlines) and overall eye appeal (toning). On balance, grades assigned by NCI is usually at the high end of the range of reasonably likely grades.

NCI is regarded as a very consistent service; two professional coin appraisers grade every coin. Yet, the prices for NCI certified coins reported in the Certified Coin Dealer Newsletter generally run less (sometimes substantially less) than prices for the two other certification services. This is attributable to several factors. First, is the "high end of the range" grading mentioned earlier, which places many NCI coins on the liberal side when viewed by some other dealers. In the 1879 dollar example referred to above, over three-quarters of the dealers examining the coin would have graded it only MS-63 or MS-64, rather than MS-65. Second, is the nature of the prices reported by the Certified Coin Dealer Newsletter They are intended to be "sight-unseen" bids, or the price of a "low-end" example for a given grade.

The actual trading range for NCI coins is quite wide, and given the opportunity to examine the coins prior to purchase, many dealers will pay prices well in excess of those listed on the Certified Coin Dealer Newsletter. Occasionally, NCI coins may even bring prices commensurate with those of ANACS or PCGS. This is the exception rather than the rule, however, and collectors purchasing average quality NCI coins should usually expect to pay considerably less than they would for a similarly graded PCGS or recently graded ANACS coin.

http://www.heavypen.com/coins/page4.html

ricko · February 25, 2016 11:50PM

Ah yes... the infancy of an industry..... now become institutional.... Cheers, RickO

sadysta1 · February 26, 2016 12:03AM

I have NCI photo certificate coin on eBay right now.... The description is NCI certs is correct. Mine is really nice for the grade....

Walkerguy21D · February 26, 2016 12:24AM

Purchased from Ellesmere Numismatics back in the mid-80's for my 7070 set, where it acquired some gold rim tone, and sold to a forum member last year:

BG · February 26, 2016 2:43PM

astrorat · February 26, 2016 7:37PM

Originally posted by: Walkerguy21D
Purchased from Ellesmere Numismatics back in the mid-80's for my 7070 set, where it acquired some gold rim tone, and sold to a forum member last year:

Nice ... "transfer" certificates are quite uncommon.

braddick · February 27, 2016 1:24AM

I picked this one up off of eBay (hasn't arrived yet).
Hoping it looks good:

LINK

Just for fun I contacted the original owners of this coin off of Facebook and messaged a photo of this certificate/coin as a memory flashback!

bob48 · February 27, 2016 1:30AM

Here is one of mine but I have been collecting them for many years now and have about 55 of them.

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jesbroken · February 27, 2016 2:30AM

Seller's remorse on this coin. Like so many, I hate I ever let it go.

There was a collector across the street named JJ(not forum name) that was working on as complete a collection of these certificates as possible, but I don't know if he still has them or is working on them.

Jim

bob48 · February 29, 2016 8:35AM

Here is a few of mine.

Some of the different type of certs that were issued over the years.

The holders were purchased from Capital Plastice and are still available today.

This type 3 cert was issued with out a grade and was only authenticated. Grading did cost $5.00 more at the time. Maybe the owner had thought it might be a proof but was unsure. I know that it is not proof. but is the earliest cert I own.

robec · February 29, 2016 10:34AM

Now PCGS MS65

WinLoseWin · March 6, 2016 7:59AM

This Flying Eagle was later PCGS graded as MS-65 in the late 1980's and worthy of it.

Outhaul · March 6, 2016 8:17AM

Some really cool stuff here.

CaptHenway · March 6, 2016 9:18AM

Originally posted by: braddick

I picked this one up off of eBay (hasn't arrived yet).

Hoping it looks good:

LINK

Just for fun I contacted the original owners of this coin off of Facebook and messaged a photo of this certificate/coin as a memory flashback!

Yes, I remember it well!

Just kidding!

Walkerguy21D · March 6, 2016 9:56AM

This Flying Eagle was later PCGS graded as MS-65 in the late 1980's and worthy of it.

It must be a moose of a flyer!

CCDollar · March 6, 2016 10:04AM

Very cool stuff here...no early paper certs so I hope no one minds me posting this agin...early ANA plastic...

CaptHenway · July 1, 2019 12:13PM

Help! Got a last minute article assignment for COINage Magazine about the early days of ANACS, and need some high-resolution images of photo certificates I can use with permission. Any type, but preferably with grading. If you can provide anything please email to me at the address on my profile with a note as to how you want the photo credit to read!
TD