ANACS Sample Slabs

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ANACS was the first company to authenticate coins as a professional business. It was owned by the American Numismatic Association, from which it gets its name. In the early years they issued certificates that came with a picture of the coin. In 1989 they began using slabs as a means of guaranteeing grade. The labels were white with blue Official ANA Grade under printing until 1990 when ANACS was sold to Amos Press. The slab has basically been the same ever since with a few minor label changes, most noticeably the under printing changing to ANACS and a barcode added to the front.

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ANACS Sample Slab 1 This is the first sample with the ANA label. ANACS does not have any records of how many were made. The coin is low enough of a value that many people may not have saved them. It appears each was graded individually. No higher denomination than a dime is known in an ANACS holder from the ANA.	ANACS Sample Slab 1.1 Washington quarter inside. The label type and word placement is the same as ANACS sample slab 1 and seems to have been made about the same time period. Keep your eyes open for more of these as they seem rarer than the dime samples.
ANACS Sample Slab 2 An identical slab to ANACS sample slab 1 but gets a separate number since this is the first one known with a Lincoln cent inside. It was from the same time period as ANACS sample slab 1 and possibly given out at the same show/shows. No one really knows but they couldn't have been made long since the company was sold within a year.	ANACS Sample Slab 3 Issued during early 1990 or 1991 when Amos Press first owned the service, it has a yellow label and was sort of a spin off of PCI's red label for problem coins. ANACS would certify the problem coin as Genuine but would only note the problem without a grade as seen here with this Steel cent. Not Graded but with a Corroded label. ANACS under printing is in green like usual, but the label is a bright yellow. It was meant to attract your eye and signify a problem.
ANACS Sample Slab 4 This slab is very similar to ANACS sample slabs 1 or 2 but with several differences. It was produced between 1990 and 1991 when Amos Press first acquired ANACS, but before the barcode was added to the front. Amos Press followed closely in the steps of the former ANACS for the first few years so that change would not upset submitters, who would feel there was a difference in grading standards. The layout on the label is the same as ANACS sample slab 1 and even with the same denomination, date and mintmark coin but with the ANACS under printing in green ink.	ANACS Sample Slab 4.1 This ANACS sample slab has a Mexican 5 centavos coin inside. It is not graded, and does not have the front barcode like the ANACS sample slab 5. The lettering is smaller and the word Sample appears on the top line with ANACS. The coin is Mint State, but not desingated as such or graded.
ANACS Sample Slab 5 These were given out at the 2003 Colorado Springs, CO coin show and has a Mint State Canadian 5 cent piece inside. The label has the barcode across the front but does not have sample anywhere on the label. It is still technically a sample since they were handed out at a show for free to all that wanted one. Three grades were present (MS63, MS64 and MS65) and ANACS graded each one individually.	ANACS Sample Slab 5.1 This world coin was given out around the same time as ANACS sample slab 5, and also does not say the sample on the label.
ANACS Sample Slab 6 This sample was given out at the 2003 ANA summer convention held in Baltimore, MD. It is very different from ANACS sample slab 4.1 and ANACS sample slab 5. This one is graded, ANACS is dropped and the serial number is added. The barcode is gone and sample does not appear. A description of the coin is added where the barcode should be.	ANACS Sample Slab 6.1 An ANACS sample slab from the 2003 FUN (Florida United Numismatists) show.
ANACS Sample Slab 6.2 These were passed out at the ANACS table during the National Silver Dollar Roundtable which is a coin show dedicated to just silver dollars. (ICG sample slab 21 and SEGS sample slab 5 also have the same pedigree to this show).	ANACS Sample Slab 7 This label type has a description of the coin on the label like ANACS sample slab 6, but has the company's initials added before the grade. The serial number is removed, and it makes this piece even easier to identify as a sample slab.
ANACS Sample Slab 8 This slab along with ANACS sample slab 8.1 was given out at the ANACS table during the FUN 2003 show.	ANACS Sample Slab 8.1 These two types came in at least three different grades. MS-64, MS-65, and MS-66 have been seen.
ANACS Sample Slab 9 The word sample is added back to the label along with the ANACS website. This is the first sample to have the ANACS website along with a pedigree to the show. The label has so much print the barcode was removed.	ANACS Sample Slab 10 Brian Fanton's Intro to Numismatics ANA Summer Seminar class were the first to get the new holder types sample slabs. 20 of them were made and all have the Ohio Quarter inside.
ANACS Sample Slab 11 ANACS started making samples for shows around the same time ANACS sample slab 10 was produced, a good 6 months after the new holder was introduced. This type has the Ocean View Nickel inside and the words Compliments of ANACS. The font is smaller than ANACS sample slab 11 and can easily be seen when the two types are held together.	ANACS Sample Slab 11.1 At the ANA Denver show in August 2006, these larger font nickel samples were given out. The word CHOICE touches the outside border while ANACS sample slab 11 does not.
ANACS Sample Slab 12 ANACS sample slab 12 was produced for the Denver ANA Pre-show held in the Denver Tech Center. 200 were made and given out.	ANACS Sample Slab 12.1 This type was made in much larger quantities than the pre-show type and has the show pedigree on the label.
ANACS Sample Slab 12.2 Like ANACS sample slab 14, this type has the celebrating our move to Austin on the label. A few hundred of this type were made and passed out at the Denver ANA show in 2006.	ANACS Sample Slab 13 A different denomination that ANACS sample slab 12.1, this type was also made for the Denver ANA show and several hundred were produced of each type.
ANACS Sample Slab 14 This type was also given out at the ANA show and other shows since. It has the Texas quarter inside and celebrates our move to Austin, TX.	ANACS Sample Slab 15 This sample has a much smaller production than the previous ones. It was made for the 2006 Long Beach show and 80 of them were produced. They all contain a 1964 Lincoln cent and have SAMPLE RED where the grade would go.

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