What do you guys know about ANICOINS? 0

[Standby]

Can you provide any information about anicoins slabs?

[Just Bob]

Self-slabber based in Jackson, MS. I have seen coins in these slabs at local flea markets, etc. I do not know enough about his/her grading ability to determine if the coins are accurately graded, but my rule of thumb is to treat all self-slabbed coins as if they were raw and ignore the grade on the holder.

[Sandon]

    The only reputable third-party grading services that are currently in business are NGC and PCGS (top tier) and ANACS and ICG (second tier, mainly because they don't offer registries, price guides or other extensive online services). The CAC grading service will presumably be added to the list of top tier grading services after it starts business.  Among former grading services, I consider only the original PCI (green border label for numerically graded coins, red border label for "problem" coins) to have been a reliable authenticator and grader. (Later gold label PCI holders were issued under the ownership of a dealer who mostly (over)graded his own inventory.) 

    The "ANICOINS" acronym appears intended to create confusion with ANACS.  Anyone who can buy some equipment can set himself up as a "grading service". It requires a considerably larger investment to hire the appropriate number of experienced numismatists and ensure reliable and unbiased results.

   

[JKK]

I call these JGSes, as in Joe's Grading Service. It's like editors. There is zero stopping anyone from saying they're a grading service, just as there's zero stopping any underpaid English BA from proclaiming him or herself an editor. The result is a minority of competent and reputable service providers with a majority who are the Wild West of their endeavors.

[Standby]

Thank you for that information. I have educated myself on this not that I want to sound like I don't appreciate it. It may help others who read this as well.

I basically want to know about  anicoins though if possible.

[RWB]

If it's from Jackson, Mississippi, it's probably broken.

[zadok]

On 12/28/2022 at 11:38 AM, Sandon said:

    The only reputable third-party grading services that are currently in business are NGC and PCGS (top tier) and ANACS and ICG (second tier, mainly because they don't offer registries, price guides or other extensive online services). The CAC grading service will presumably be added to the list of top tier grading services after it starts business.  Among former grading services, I consider only the original PCI (green border label for numerically graded coins, red border label for "problem" coins) to have been a reliable authenticator and grader. (Later gold label PCI holders were issued under the ownership of a dealer who mostly (over)graded his own inventory.) 

    The "ANICOINS" acronym appears intended to create confusion with ANACS.  Anyone who can buy some equipment can set himself up as a "grading service". It requires a considerably larger investment to hire the appropriate number of experienced numismatists and ensure reliable and unbiased results.

   

...and a grading set....

[zadok]

On 12/28/2022 at 2:44 PM, Stink finger said:

I'm an expert coin collector/ Professional dealer of Metals and coins. I have a doctorate from Harvard school of Space and rocket engineering.

...and major mushroom abuser....

[rrantique]

On 12/28/2022 at 1:06 PM, RWB said:

If it's from Jackson, Mississippi, it's probably broken.

Hey I resemble that quote. My last name is Jackson and I am broke

[Just Bob]

On 12/28/2022 at 1:48 PM, Stink finger said:

Bob! Slabs are rectangular. Right? When was the last time you saw a coin shaped like a square or triangle for that matter. Yikes. I'm not trying to put you down or hurt your feelings. Coins are round.

Believe me, you did not hurt my feelings.

By the way, which Harvard campus houses the School of Space and Rocket Engineering?

Oh, and I saw a square coin last week, or maybe the week before. I believe it was from Sri Lanka. 

[Hoghead515]

On 12/28/2022 at 2:48 PM, Stink finger said:

Bob! Slabs are rectangular. Right? When was the last time you saw a coin shaped like a square or triangle for that matter. Yikes. I'm not trying to put you down or hurt your feelings. Coins are round.

The coins may be round but the plastic slabs the TPGs put the coins in after grading are square. Which is what the question was about for any new collectors reading this that didnt know he was being sarcastic. Also there are square coins, octogan shaped coins, triangles, and some ancients are all sorts of shapes. Also children, "Dont do drugs." 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Hoghead515

[AdamWL]

On 12/28/2022 at 10:52 AM, Standby said:

Thank you for that information. I have educated myself on this not that I want to sound like I don't appreciate it. It may help others who read this as well.

I basically want to know about  anicoins though if possible.

Anicoins is not a respected or well known company.

[numisport]

On 12/28/2022 at 2:48 PM, Stink finger said:

Bob! Slabs are rectangular. Right? When was the last time you saw a coin shaped like a square or triangle for that matter. Yikes. I'm not trying to put you down or hurt your feelings. Coins are round.

Oh my gosh look what I found. This odd 15 cent piece is from a Bahamas Proof Set from 1971. And it's square it seems. These were a Franklin Mint product.

[numisport]

On 12/29/2022 at 4:29 PM, numisport said:

Oh my gosh look what I found. This odd 15 cent piece is from a Bahamas Proof Set from 1971. And it's square it seems. These were a Franklin Mint product.

You might recognize the flip side.

[bstrauss3]

On 12/28/2022 at 1:41 PM, Stink finger said:

Coins are not made in slabs. Their made in PLANCHETTES. Planchettes are what coins are before their hit with the hydrolic ram from the coin machine at the mint. It produces millions of coins per hour, so their not all perfect. Rookie mistake. 

BUZZ --- But thanks for playing. We have some nice parting gifts for you!

 

A PLANCHETTE is used with an Ouija board.

 

A PLANCHET is used in the manufacture of a coin.

 

[RWB]

A little off-topic research was done, and it turns out the "Anicoin" was Anakin's [Skywalker] twin brother. He appears as an embryo in the first Star Wars episode, but was accidentally burnt to a crispy chip in the exhaust of a speeder. Rather than hire a replacement, the film's producers cut the character and added more Wookies to the cast.

However, a variant says that Anicoin survived, and opened a Quatloo slabbing company, apparently not realizing that only three sentient beings used quatloos as money.

[Standby]

Thank you guys for all your help on this I appreciate it.

I like this forum a lot although PCGS is a better fit for me. I don't know why and no offense to anyone here. It just seems to be buzzing with activity and I really don't understand why.

[VKurtB]

On 12/28/2022 at 1:06 PM, RWB said:

If it's from Jackson, Mississippi, it's probably broken.

Sooooo many tornado laden lines of thunderstorms come from Jackson toward my neck of the woods. 

[GoldFinger1969]

On 1/1/2023 at 2:00 PM, Standby said:

Thank you guys for all your help on this I appreciate it. I like this forum a lot although PCGS is a better fit for me. I don't know why and no offense to anyone here. It just seems to be buzzing with activity and I really don't understand why.

Probably the registry connection.  Yes, they are a bit more in quantity....I like to think we specialize in QUALITY. 

Seriously, they do have some savvy folks posting there -- as does CAC Forums -- but we have some great and knowledgeable people here, too.  And we have some specific threads on topics or coins that dwarf what's available over at CU or CT if those are coins that happen to be of interest to someone. 

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 1/1/2023 at 2:00 PM, Standby said:

Thank you guys for all your help on this I appreciate it.

I like this forum a lot although PCGS is a better fit for me. I don't know why and no offense to anyone here. It just seems to be buzzing with activity and I really don't understand why.

Nothing wrong with participating, or lurking, on multiple coin or paper money forums, many do, stop in from time to time. It would be ridiculous to limit one's self in this regard.