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Early ANACS question.

gamer1958gamer1958 Posts: 147
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When ANACS was doing "picture" grading in early 80s, was the coin encapsulated or not? If not, what did they return the coin to the owner in; what mechanism is there to keep the coin and picture "integrity" together? (seems to me there would be none). Why am I even asking this question? I bought this (a little regretting it now); but still have not rcvd it yet: LINK

I'm NOT questioning the seller--she seems ok despite the "selling my grandmother's collection" comment (hehe). What I am wondering is, how do I know if the coin in the ANACS snapshot is the original one that ANACS graded? It seems to have acquired a strange goldish tone over the years, somehow. Well, I'll see what turns up in the mail this week; waiting a long time for this one, though.

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    MrWarmakerMrWarmaker Posts: 94
    None, as far as I know. They were returned I believe in flips or 2x2's. I would say though, on an MS65 you should be able to find a mark or 2 to match the picture. I just had a 16-D Merc in my hands that was graded by ANACS and had the photo. The coin was in a flip.
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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    They came back in a flip accompanied by the photo certificate that had the grade. The photos are good enough that you should be able to determine that you got the same coin.

    That's kind of a side issue, though - the grading standards have changed since then so that 65 isn't going to be a 65 today, if that was your concern.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭
    Consider the coins that come with those "certs" as raw coins.



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    Jody526Jody526 Posts: 296 ✭
    Sure looks like the same coin to me.
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    BigTargetBigTarget Posts: 44
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    BigTargetBigTarget Posts: 44
    My girlfriend has a couple of those in Encore holders. I'm told the holders are an after-market add-on. The pictures with hers don't show any toning but the coins do, and I'm sure they are the same coins, so it seems the holders aren't doing their job as much as I'd like.

    The picture certificate may be a transfer certificate. It looks like the seller has something covered up, which I expect is the name of the person the coin is registered to. I understand when these were used originally that you could send the transfer certificate in and get the coin re-registed to yourself, but not many people bothered to do that.
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    majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    they came back in "hard" (non-PVC) flips, somewhat larger that 2"x2", that had the certificate No. printed on a paper strip on the flip.
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    That's not a transfer certificate.

    It looks like an ANACS 4 certificate.
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sent back a picture graded flip to ANACS- it was a MS65 Walker that I wanted put in a hard plastic slab. Well it came back graded 64 with a statement that they made no guaranties on those flips-SO BUY THE COIN NOT THE FLIP.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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