1922 No D Graded By Anics (Out Of Business) Looks Altered

Looks very suspicious to me.

Yeah, I am quite sure it has been altered. I am keeping it as is, it has a sort of provenance paired with the dated photo grade. I thought it might interest people that it was graded authentic in the condition it is in. Might be why the company doesn't exist anymore.

Other than the main 3, I've seen half a dozen other TPGs. I don't trust any of the other ones. I see NNC graded coins listed quite often. It seems to me that the company that graded your coin might have been trying to cut in on ANACS customers.

Yes, rather suspect obverse.

The things that make one go hmmm....
Great provenance as others have said. I am going to cautiously say this could be altered, cause after looking at several mint state 22-D cents, the mintmark position is slightly to the bottom right of those scratches, so those scratches could be coincidental to appear like alteration marks? Also if the D was there, in which I think I see a bump where it shoud be, the top of the D would be in line with the bottom of the 9 in the date, just into where those scratches reside.

Interesting case all around

Thanks for the insight, I am not selling it or giving it away, no hard passes are needed. It is staying with my family. ANICS has been out of business for decades. I also have a 1914 D from the same basement dwelling company that is %100 authentic. I have been offered more money than you would think from a few that collect this sort of thing, but no, I like it, it is passed down from family and I like the lesson and provenance. The same relative also left me a full LWC binder and all the pennies are cleaned and polished, They are so bright you could make a disco ball with them.

No TPG with any integrity would grade that as authentic - and it wouldn't be the strong reverse die pairing anyway.

However, it is a cool piece on its own and in a basement slab, which is of great interest to a certain group of collectors!