I always liked the small ANACS slabs and felt that the competition's slabs were larger than they needed to be. They could fit in a box for 2"x2" holders and they were big enough to hold every US coin ever issued with the exception of the $50 Pan-Pac Expo slugs which very few collectors will ever own. Due to their smaller size, they are more efficient for storage especially in a SDB.

Just happen to have one close by... Cheers, RickO

Love the soap bars. Here's a few.

Here’s one that used to be in an old soapbox—it was the first certified coin I ever bought, when I graduated from throwing random Kennedy halves and SBAs in an old jewelry box.

It’s nice to have the TrueView and have it part of my Registry type set, but I kind of regret crossing it even though it went at grade (62). I have to think it’ll CAC with the antique toning—I’ll try this year.

@Soldi said:
The more we get around the hobby; the more you realize ANACS can grade coins.

I agree somewhat. For "normal" coins they're right on as much as the big guys. They just don't carry the clout for some perceived reason. I do have a theory about how they grade error coins though,s which is MUCH different than PCGS and NGC's grading of error coins. I don't want to be critical so I really shouldn't say what my theory is, which may of course be wrong. With that being said, I still use them for some less expensive error coins. They also don't charge the error coin fee for blanks and planchets which is a BIG PLUS for common, inexpensive blanks/planchets.

I do love the soapbox coins. Here's a few more of mine:

I kind like 'em too!

@coastaljerseyguy FYI

Cert# 400 is much later in the series than you might think.

The two-letter/four-number slabs were started under ANA ownership and continued for quite a while under Amos Press. While they didn't use all 280,000 possible cert#s, many of them were used.

When they switched to all numbers, the letter/number combos were assigned numerical values and the "missing" numbers were then used.

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finally picking up with 28nnnn

So if you say that 400 is the back side of the 1st 250,000 coins ANACS certified, nobody will argue. But it's not the 1st thousand. I have several others from that era...

Finally, the definition of the bar code and conversion table is here (hard to find): https://web.archive.org/web/20181227045213/https://anacs.com/ContentPages/BarCode.aspx

One of the rarest of the gold dollar series.