First ANACS Submission, Happy And Want To Show Off The Goods!

Looks great! I finally did the same thing at the beginning of this year. http://goccf.com/t/435777 was my thread on it, mostly asking about their conservation service. Submitted at their table at a very small local coin show, which is a great thing about ANACS - they are at a lot of small shows. I was quite pleased overall, especially their customer service. Like you, I was disappointed to get a Details grade on one of them, and an AU58 on one I thought was MS. It's hard to tell from your images whether they're correct on your 1904 and 1944. In my opinion they were 1-2 points low on several coins, and none of them were overgraded. One thing I would not do again is use their imaging service. Their photos suck.

On the Dansco, I've seen people put a label in the hole with the TPG and grade, to indicate they have it slabbed elsewhere.

Nice coins! Glad that most of them are what you expected!

I concur with Coinfrog that there are some nice looking coins in this lot. That said, I'm thinking there's about 1k, dollar-wise here. Assuming that certification costs ran $300 or so, that's a 30% loss on the investment; this, IMHO. I'm thinking that most collectors who would like to own the 13-S V2 and the 1908-S, both circulated, would prefer to own ones that would fit in albums and/boards. These better dates aside, I see a group of common date, generic type coins.

My strategy for getting coins slabbed has long been to pay no more than 10% of a coin/token's value for this service. I realize that every collector has his own tastes, and that's to be expected. We like what we like. That said, as long term investments go, I see this lot, unless purchased for peanuts, as a loss. ANACS is the ultimate winner here ....

Nice! Like the Barber dime - an underappreciated design, imo.

Nice group!

The fact that you paid $2 for that 1914-D makes me smile. What a score.

@coreyg .... I'm glad to see you edited your last post, directed at me. In the original version, you misquoted me. I take issue with your calling me "pretentious." I'm not trying to impress anyone on the forum. Take a look at the title of this post, and ask yourself, who's being the show-off?




While I'm impressed by a few of the buys you made, I stand by my comment about most of these coins being common and generic. Unlike what you wrote, I wasn't targeting you as a person, I was offering my opinion about the process of slabbing. Many young and inexperienced collectors will read this thread, and I chose to post an alternative viewpoint about slabbing. The fact that you pay more than a given coin's worth is your chosen path, not mine. Unlike your approach, when spending money on certification fees, I approach this from a logical standpoint. Like it or not, there comes a day when all collectors must part with their coins. IMHO, spending money on certifying low-value, common date coins with problems is not a practice that I'd encourage. You seem to take pride in that .... to each, his own. My comments were aimed at others to whom I strongly recommend weigh the value of their submissions to third party grading services.

But for the prices you paid and conditions cited, I see the chart you posted as meaningless. I just purchased a pair of 1940's Walking Liberty halves at a show for $14 and $15, respectively. I've bought AU 1883 NC nickels in the same price range (purchased as prizes in the club raffles). More than half of the coins were purchased at or near the cost of getting them graded. The one coin worth grading, by my alternative standards, was the 1913-S type 2 nickel (possibly, the seller thought it to be a type 1?). It's beyond me how ANACS judged that 1925 dollar as MS-64, what with all the facial scarring (new slab, so I'm guessing the scratches are on Liberty's cheek and not the plastic).

To me, the principle purpose of the CCF is to scrutinize coins, not people. As an admitted senior collector, I've long endeavored to encourage and guide younger collectors by sharing my knowledge and experiences. If that makes me pretentious, so be it.