ANACS Vs NGC And PCGS

I agree. Anacs is more conservative on their grading than the other two. Actually, they grade correctly. Probably why pcgs and ngc bring a better price. Too bad buyers don't smarten up. Anacs has the most experience than all the others. They offer services at a good price
and will at least send you your coin back graded and slabbed even if it was cleaned. I hope they keep up their standards and eventually
the other two will fall by the wayside as far as value.

I think you'll find ANACS is not the most accurate service, as with the others they have failings. I have only seen a couple of ANACS coins but one was a dud and the other was average at best for the grade. I have however heard a lot from others on the forums. Some series especially, they did undergrade back when it was a photo certificate not a slab and they graded both sides separately. They are definitely a good grading service, but for me its NGC only. I send all my best coins there. PCGS coins I will look at, if someone wants a PCGS slab. Pre Decimal Australian silver is best sold in PCGS holders for example.

However, remember always buy the COIN not the slab !

Indian, NGC and PCGS both send back cleaned or otherwise problem coins in holders. PCGS "Genuine" is a terrible idea IMHO though. NGC has it right, a distinctive change, you get a purple bit on the label, and the grade is never in numbers. It is adjectival and HARSH. An otherwise AU coin can be as low as "VF Details" although it would normally be "XF Details"

Hope this helps

Frankly, I have never understood why ANACS is always rated third in comparison to PCGS and NGC. From what I have seen their opinions seem as reasonable or unreasonable as the other two. We have the same situation in stamps where the PF and PSE always seem at the top of the heap compared to APS even though the latter is much older than either of its competitors. Frankly, I don't see it. They have all had their issues over the years, particularly the PF scandal of years ago and PSE with their image of perhaps being too concerned with "money." If I were an investor, I would find the coin first and then look for a clear opinion on the slab understanding that PCGS or NGC would bring more at the time of selling for whatever byzantine reason that is and if I were a collector, I would have no problem with a clean opinion from any of the 4 (including ICG). When you read Travers book, you get the idea that investors have flipped from PCGS to NGC and back again almost in a herd mentality. When that occurs, "fixed" opinions about ANACS sort of get lost in the shuffle and human nature being what it is, people tend to be resistant to look at the situation with a fresh and clear mind.

Hi coinjar100,
I have to take issue with a couple of your statements. ANACS attributes by far more varieties than either PCGS or NGC. They attribute every single existing VAM in addition to many to many other specialized varieties. If you want an obscure variety confirmed and attributed in a slab, ANACS is basically your only choice. As for going out of business without HSN, I seriously doubt that considering ANACS has been around much longer than either PCGS or NGC. They have many die-hard customers that only submit to ANACS and as previously mentioned they are top dog for thousands of die varieties, slabbed variety collecting would take a huge hit without them.

a very interesting topic...TPG's...I have long questioned why there is no BALANCE IN GRADING from one grading company to another, (as we have have seen many an incompetent company grading MS67 to many Morgan dollars or MS70 to many circulated coins INB.) as a colletor where are we to go??
in general..we are trusting the company whom we submit our coins to for an honest evaluation of a coins grade....meaning monetary confirmed value..WHY ELSE...
WE are spending our money, in an obscure money market......still it is a money market......or just as I am a love for my trinkets.......but in the end.its a money market thing......the fact that thousands of dollars are made by a single point in the grading system is why I am writing tonight....WHY IS THERE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN GRADING>.....BETWEEN GRADING COMPANIES...(despite fake companies)....we are all supposed to be on the same scale....the top 3 grading companies still do not agree............I think the public should step up,,,,,but we have no money to contest "WHY" there are not the same grading standards.........Just so you know, I'm not disputing the difference, just need to understand why there there is such a difference(BESIDES MONEY)......I'm only asking in theory.....WHY>>>>

Hi, is it possible if you have Anacs graded coin example MS62 and when you crack the ANACS slab and submitted to PCGS the outcome will be Cleaned? Have you ever experience? Thanks

Yes it would be possible, it would also be possible to have the same thing happen cracking out NGC or PCGS coins and sending them in to NGC or PCGS. There have been plenty of examples reported of people cracking out coins from the major TPG's and sending them either back in to the same or different major TPG companies and having them come back as cleaned or rejected for active PVC contamination.