ANACS 1863 S Seated Lib Half Dollar

You are most likely right.

There is a lot of joking here on CCF .. and that's ok too

Looking back, 7 of the 10 coins I sent in came back Details.

The lesson learned, be very selective in the coins I select
to send in.

I did know 2 of the coins were cleaned .. 2 others were
not mine. And I did not really look at those two.

So .. three were a little of a suprise

I've noticed several threads where it seems ANACS are especially hard graders. I always thought they were usually considered the #3 grader in part because they graded easy. What is it that makes PCGS #1 and these guys behind them and NGC?

I'm particularly interested because I have some coins that are worth $50-100. That's too low value to be worth submitting to PCGS, but ANACS seems cheap enough to justify it. But I'm wondering if it is still worth it. For the sake of discussion, I plan on bringing them to be graded at a show next month so I don't need to worry about shipping costs. Also, I have two valuable coins (1909S VDB cent & 1937D 3 leg Buffalo nickel) I want slabbed. I figured I'd include them in an ANACS submission, but maybe not?

Saruma

Coins like 09S VDB and 3 leg Buffalo are worthy of being in a NGC or
PCGS holder. But if I was keeping them for my collection, I would have
no problem sending them into ANACS.

$50 to $100 coins I would not send into NGC or PCGS, because of the cost
of grading. If I wanted them in slabs ... I would send them into ANACS.

I would have to think hard on coins that could be considered problem coins.
I think ANACS is being strict on problem coins.