Opinions Of These Morgans

OK, since it seems that no one will believe me, here it is from the back of the submission form for ANACS:

GSA Dollars
ANACS will certify GSA Dollars either in the original
government packaging or removed from the original
government packaging.
Recommended - To have GSA Dollars certified in the
original government holder, just submit the coin as you
would a raw coin. The coin will be graded (and attributed,
if requested) without being removed. The results of this
service are not protected by any ANACS guarantee.
There is no additional charge for this service.
To have GSA Dollars certified in an ANACS holder,
submit the coin as if submitting coins for Crossover
Service. A minimum grade is required. THE COIN WILL
BE REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT
PACKAGING, graded, described as being a GSA Dollar
on the label, and encapsulated in an ANACS holder. The
results of this service are guaranteed. There is no
additional charge for this service.


So, as I said, do not waste your money and time sending it to NGC. Send it to ANACS. You dont have to pay membership or find a dealer and wait God knows how long for it to come back.

That will hold only so long as people keep saying that and drinking that particular pitcher of Koolaid. Simple fact is they are no better than ANACS.

Also towards the point of they are no better. If PCGS and NGC were soooooo much better, there would be NO market for that stupid CAC label. Yet there it is. The grading of the grading service. Yeah, that makes me shiver with confidence in their superiority.

And thirdly, I do believe the popular refrain here is dont by the slab, buy the coin.




So no matter how you cut it, you have to be paying club dues to SOMEONE in order to use their service. Unless ANA is dues free. If so, ignore that comment.

So, all that to simply reiterate, shoosh them off to ANACS and there ya go.

That's a nice trio of CC dollars! If you decide to send it it, NGC and ANACS will certify the coin in the holder. My guess is they could grade MS-65, might just make MS-65, and MS-64.

I would disagree with the premise of CAC based on one simple fact. The guy who owns it ( I can never remember his flipping name) is the same who had a hand in both PCGS and NGC. So now he makes even more money grading his old grading companies. Sorry, but thats just a bit too fishy for me. And if you look at the auction houses, they all stress that darn green sticker and certainly do figure to draw more for that coin.

The thing is, the market is influenced very much by folks saying PCGS is so much better. Its very much a false inflation IMO.

Regardless, I do believe the OP stated he had no intentions of selling them...


So that makes ANACS even more logical if you take into account Gyrene and basebals points.

I do wish they would say which coins didnt sticker and why, was it on the low end or had it degraded and no longer deserves its grade.

Smoke I think his name is John Albatross (sp?). I agree hes clearly helping out PCGS and NGC stay on top by only taking their coins and dont see that ever changing, maybe he has some bad blood with some ANACS people from his time at PCGS and NGC or maybe he started to get concerned their standards had lapsed since he left who knows. I'm sure personal financial gain was part of it as well.

But other then help them be considered on top if anything the sticker would make them grade harder wanting more coins to sticker. All three do a good job but definitely have different markets. IMO at this point I just dont see the balance of power switching. PCGS and NGC are so much bigger than the others now itd be a real long haul to swap with one of them. I could see PCGS and NGC flipping as top dog from time to time over the years but without some mismanagement or something major theyre so entrenched its hard to imagine a switch.

Very informative follow-ups, thanks!