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Something Interesting from ANACS
MICHAELDIXON
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I send coins to 3 of the services to include PCGS. Today, I received the results from my last ANACS submission. ANACS has started listing reasons for grades received.
These are the 2 comments received:
Kept out of a higher grade due to surface hair lining.
Thumb prints all over coin. 
I thought this was interesting and I apologize if this has been posted before.
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I think that is a great idea! I'm sure we have all wondered why a coin didn't grade as anticipated. A written explanation, while maybe not agreed with every time, is at least something to grow on.
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That's a helpful/value-added addition. I can think of reasons for and against, but is this info just for the submitter or permanently tagged to the coin for any future buyer to read?
I think that i read somewhere that "notes" are taken for each coin graded, as to which service, i dont recall. I have feeling that would slow down the process even more. But, if they have coin(s) in their possession for this long, what does an extra week matter?
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We've always had a grader comments section on the packing slip, and it does get used from time-to-time, especially for varieties. Hopefully we'll continue to use it more.
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I'd ask, before or after the graders handled it.
It does not show up on the Verification page for the coin.
Love it. Great idea to help sharpen our eye before submitting.
Dave
That's cool!
I once submitted a green sticker CAC coin to CAC for sticker review in the hope of it receiving a gold sticker. The coin was superb for the grade, but did have a rather prominent fingerprint (might have been entire palm print!) on the obverse. It came back with its green sticker still on it and JA stuck a red sticker on the obverse with arrows pointing all around with "Fingerprint" written on it. It made me laugh.
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I used to get hand-written, generally friendly notes from Randy Campbell when he was at ICG. The good thing with a smaller service is better customer service at times, like a club member who got a call telling him that if they let them dip some residue, etc. off a coin it would likely upgrade.