"Professional" Quality Job By ANACS

What sort of solution would any TPG used before placing coin in slab? If in fact they use it at all, it looks more like somebody wipe it with in their cotton glove hands while examining it. And see if the toning was colorized? But now it left it with more hair line like scratches.

I definitely would email ANACS this posted link, and see what their response be...

PCGS didnt think so........

Not even getting into the fact they arent upfront about the fact that ANACS isn't upfront that theyll wash/dip/clean (or whatever other word you want to use) your coins whenever they feel like it without asking your permission

The problem is that he has already broken the holder...

How do you know? They call it a details coin. All you really know is that PCGS didn't try doing anything to it. And frankly pretty much all coins have an oil film on them.

I can say, having seen this coin in hand, the toning was spectacular. The coin may have had an old cleaning and re-toned, but who cares... It was still a beauty.

ANACS destroyed this coin and it's really sad.

Probably just the natural progression of tarnishing after it was cracked out of the first slab.
What was it put in after you cracked it out of the first slab? A flip?

There's no way that rainbow tone disappears or goes mute in the month or so it takes for grading.
This coin was cleaned while in their care.

For what it's worth lol

I can tell you the coin hadnt been doctored other than its previously cleaning a long time ago the coin had been recovering from. Hondo saw it in person as well and can vouch for that. The toning used to slap you in the face when you looked in its direction, its not faded and you have to look for it.

The after pictures were the best ones from the 20 or so I took that made it look the best. I could put up numerous ones where it looks far worse.

I was the original submitter to PCGS. Over time the UNC Details grade just kind of bothered me. It was such a beauty that distracted from it for me.

If ANACS gave it a clean grade that would have been a nice surprise, but I just wanted an actual grade on it. Now I know ANACS is nothing more than ICG after the company changed hands in 09 and hired all their graders. I had some free cupons too so I figured I would send that one to get an actual grade on it since PCGS dosent give number grades for details.

Acetone wouldnt have done to the coin what they did to it. They cleaned it, theres nothing else that removed color. It wasnt painted on.

I dont expect them to do anything about it, but people should know theyll clean your coins if they feel like it and they wont ask your permission to do so.




They offered him the insured amount when he had underinsured it to avoid their grading fees. Had it been properly insured they would have given it more.

I would have much rather ANACS destroyed the coin entirely and paid me the insured amount then destroy the value of my coin and send me back something that I hate and looks like garbage to me now.

At this point Id rather just take it to the shooting range put a hole in it and leave it there and be done with it.

ANACS should be upfront about the fact that theyll clean coins or do whatever they want to them during the process. They arent. At the end of the day its my fault for trusting a second rate company with something of value and that kind of color. Theres a reason why every significantly valued coin is in a PCGS or NGC holder. Would have been nice to be able to use ANACS for cheaper coins not worth the PCGS fee for selling, but Id send coins to PCI before them knowing what they do during their grading process.