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Something interesting I discovered about the new ANACS holder....

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James_OldeTowne

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I have bought exactly one single coin in the new ANACS holder, and as an aside to the point of this post, I am totally disappointed with the new holder. It just somehow seems very cheap and amateurish.

 

Anyhow, the coin I bought was a 1909-S Lincoln cent in F-12 for the purpose of adding to a coin album. When I realized how cheap the plastic is, I thought I'd see if I could bust the coin out without resorting to a hammer. Guess what? I could! I was able to crack the coin out easily and safely with just hand pressure.

 

So while SEGS holders continue to be the battleship of all slabs, the new ANACS slab has now overtaken PCI as the log raft of the fleet, in that it takes minimal effort to crack coins out.

 

Anyone else try this yet?

 

James

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MunkyMan95

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I discovered this weeks ago when I bought a 1943-S cent in MS 63 to put into an album. I had all my tools ready to crack it out, but I needed none of them sumo.gif

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chinook

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I am sure the AT guys are licking their chops as I imagine it is probably quite easy to enhance the look of an already slabbed coin.

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goose3

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I've heard this many times now and even heard of people having slabs slightly damaged upon receipt of them in the mail FROM anacs!

 

I don't think I'd want to buy or sell anything to expensive in those holders. It would almost require a box and extra padding to insure that it got there in one piece.

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Hoot

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I've heard these horrors more than once now. I like the idea of the clear view holder where a person can (reportedly) see the edge of the coin, but not if it cracks so easily. Sounds like driping the slab might be a serious problem. I once saw a dealer drop a box of about 40 Saints that went everywhere. That would have been disasterous with slabs that crack so readily.

 

An aside - I wonder why ANACS is planning on using their clear view holders on only problem-free coins? Makes no sense to me. screwy.gif If the coin has edge problems, I'd like to see how bad those are.

 

Hoot

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gmarguli

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An aside - I wonder why ANACS is planning on using their clear view holders on only problem-free coins? Makes no sense to me. screwy.gif If the coin has edge problems, I'd like to see how bad those are.

 

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Because the white ones are tainted with all the problem coins in them. ANACS wants to be on the same level as NGC/PCGS and is now distancing themselves from their old holder. They've got a new guarantee, new well known grader, etc... It's a new day at ANACS.

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Leothelion

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This flimsy new holder just might be what this hobby needs. (0f course, this is just another perspective) Afterall, it should be for what it is, "grade the coin and not the holder'! With this thought in mind, this new holder would only serve as a grading tool and a nice way to holder your collection. Forget the money that has long been squandered on what's hyped on the insert of the slab! I welcome this new holder for what it can be. PCGS and NGC can keep all the fools! True coin collectors can again, brace the old way of collecting coins when two knowledgeable collectors come together to determine the true grade, rarity and value of a coin. 27_laughing.gif

 

Leo

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DirtyGoldMan

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The real question, of course, is how easy to the slabs come back together. If you can break them without damaging and then reseal them, ANACS has a real problem. I ordered my first coin in a new ANACS slab yesterday, for an album, so I will be testing this myself.

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Leothelion

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The real question, of course, is how easy to the slabs come back together. If you can break them without damaging and then reseal them, ANACS has a real problem. I ordered my first coin in a new ANACS slab yesterday, for an album, so I will be testing this myself.

 

If someone is relying only on what's on the slab insert and they don't know how to grade the coin they are buying, there is no loss here. The buyer is just plain stupid to begin with if he's just buying the slab and not looking at the coin.

For the collector who knows how to grade coins and doesn't take into account what the number is on the slab, then it's a win-win situation for the true coin collector. The true coin collector is not going to waste his money on a coin that does not match the grade on the slab. Unless the coin is a nice one regardless of the slab number. As long as the seller is reasonable about it. This flimsy new slab is what the hobby needs. ANACS has long graded coins for the collector, I hope they continue doing so.

 

Leo

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James_OldeTowne

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((( It's a new day at ANACS )))

 

Is it just me, or is anyone else finding that full-page ad annoying as well? It reminds me so much of an AARP advertisement for a nursing home. I don't know why, but I just expect to see the AARP logo, not ANACS somewhere in the ad, Maybe a picture of an elderly gentleman fishing with that sunset in the background, whatever.

 

Just me I guess....

 

James

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