ANACS, YOU FAILED ME. posted by Beaw

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Or how I hoped to turn lemons into lemonade and came away with just a sour taste in my mouth.

 

Well, to make a long story short, I purchased a 1943-D MS63 Walking Liberty Half back in October or November which I thought was NGC graded. It turns out, I did not pay enough attention to the EbaY AD (I think I have Numismatic ADD) and got an ANACS MS63 1943-D instead. Okay, thats the lemon. So, I decided to unslab the sucker, send it to NGC and get it reslabbed as an NGC 1943-D Walking Liberty. It finally came back today after its 11 week turnaround. Came back as UNC DETAILS. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I hate Details!!! But, it is my fault in the first place and I have to learn to always pay attention when I buy anything on line. So no lemonade, just a mouthful of seeds to spit out.

 

I do have an enduring belief that there is often a very fine line between MS63 and UNC Details. The coin looks great to me, I would have never known some cheesehead dipped it (or did they?).

 

Go Steelers!!!

 

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[James_OldeTowne]

I'd guess it's worth $25 raw, then. In MS-60, it's only worth $30, so not much damage there. In MS-63, it's about $50. Unfortunately, I'll guess you've invested $20 in slabbing fees. I get the whole registry set thing, but this is probably a coin that never should have been certified in the first place .

[IRISHBONZ4U]

I think i have the same ebay prob. this last time i thought i scored a nice 1878 2x rev 7feath morgan. It was graded by ICG MS66, which i knew was not really a credit at all but they had to be able to grade somewhat right? wrong. I took the chance paid the 89.99 bid and decided to have it regraded. Even if it dropped three to MS63 I make 20 bucks. Nope, I get it back it the same holder saying it has been improperly cleaned and they wont grade it. Worst buy ever.worth about silver spot.