Should I Use ANACS? - Coin Grading

[@Death_From_Below]

I like that ANACS gives a numerical grade even on details coins. Best designed holders going and I can overlook the color.

[@robertthomason8905]

The first few strikes were dialed in by a craftsman, you see all of the steps of the Lincoln Penny.

[@TtheSilverStacker]

That shape of the holder that allows to see the label makes sense.

[@staleydu1]

I have an 1881s that is a gorgeous morgan. It’s actually one of my favorite coins. And it’s MS63. Run of the mill grade from PCGS. So I cracked it out of the PCGS holder and sent it to ANACS. Came back 63PL Cameo. Whatever the case, this description was much more accurate as far as describing the coin. It is anything but a run of the mill Morgan

[@bosstone100]

I recently went a local show to get some French and US coins graded by ANACS figuring I'd save one way shipping. The rep was very helpful and answered all of my questions. He goes to shows in the area a lot and said he could have the coins shipped to him and he'd call to set up a pick up at whatever show in the area i wanted. Saved me an additional $70 in shipping too.

[@maryanderson7748]

I like ANACS a lot, especially since im at least 10 hours away from any large shows. I have had no problems with them.

[@jkpmhw]

Two things that I didn't hear you mention that I like about ANACS is they numerically grade details coins so you get an EF45 - Details Cleaned vs just XF-Details. They will also comment on the grade of the obverse or reverse when appropriate so you can get a grade like MS-63 and then a note under that says OBV-DMPL. These two approaches to grading seem like a much better way of doing it than the other graders.

[@TheCoinGeek]

As a guy who argues for grading both sides of the coins- thanks for that reminder !

[@jeffw1267]

As an error collector, I like ANACS a lot. But for non-error coins, I don't trust them on MS grades. They do seem to be conservative on mid- to low circulated grades. I also think ANACS is somewhat more likely to give straight grades to cleaned coins. This can be expensive for a buyer.

[@joelp6197]

I like the old ANACS soapbox holders. I have some new holders also. I have no problem with them.

[@yorkazuna5934]

I have an interesting PCGS /ANACS story.I own two 1881 Honduran Centavos. They came from the same collection and are virtually indistinguishable to the naked eye. I sent one in to PCGS a few years ago at it was returned brown MS 65. I recently had a table at a small show in South Carolina show where a ANACS rep was and decided to give ANACS a try and submitted the other 1881 Centavo. I showed the rep the graded version and he agreed they were very similar. I have not received the coin back yet but I'm dying to find out what ANACS grades it.

[@Indigone_Demon]

Anyone into modern variety hunting should love ANACS. I coin roll hunt and get some of my nicer modern (minor) varieties slabbed through ANACS. Who knows, maybe one day my minor DDOs & DDRs will be in a future Cherrypicker's Guide and all I'll have to do is cross them to PCGS for a high end variety. At least this way,they're already autheicated, verified, and better yet, protected.

[@davidvandebrake8454]

I love Anacs there fast, cheap , and grade fairly. Maybe even under grade coins at times . I'm about to send 20 more coins there way .

[@fifteenbyfive]

To add to Ben's wisdom, my experience with ANACS has very good customer service with real humans, low prices for grading services, the oldest grader still in the business, consistently legit grades, and they even put their services on sale sometimes. When it's on sale it's so much cheaper than the competition, if you like the holders, go for it. They're the only holder that you can ID the coin by looking at the holder from the top. So you never have to rifle through your coins again. That's gotta be a big deal to some collectors. Putting really high end coins in their holders though....the perceived value lost can be substantial even if it's a small percentage, so I don't recommend them for that. But coins worth like $200 or less, if you want your coins pro graded it's the jam bo. My first ANACS order was 15 or 16 coins and every coin got a grade so I was happy about that. They hosed me on an 1892 Morgan and said it was an AU58 when it was obviously MS61. Even if they had a headache, it's MS 60 all day come on dude. It's baloney that ANACS isn't as conservative as the big two. It's largely just a talking point, helpfully parroted around the internet by parrots. I've seen the bigwigs really mess up on some grades and ANACS too. To me, whatever coin I have is worth absolutely the same $$ as if it were in a PCGS/NGC holder. I use NGC for higher end stuff and I wish NGC would do crossover from ANACS like PCGS. Please NGC, you know you can do it. If I was President of ANACS our new corporate motto would be "Buy the coin, not the holder." which is to say it doesn't matter what kind of holder it's in. It's the coin that counts, not the glorified plastic. 😃

[@TheCoinGeek]

Great stuff

[@typeviic1]

ANACS will give variety attribution to all VAM's. PCGS and NGC only give variety attribution to top 100

[@RealtorInThe828]

Always informative Ben, thank you. That streak of humor is appreciated as well.

[@donaldinnewmexico]

Hi Ben. The Mesa show is flat. Good thing we now have the annual World Famous Tucson Coin Extravaganza. I like ANACS. I like how the label shows what the coin is while still in a box. I like the older, small holder. *>>>-------- CLICK ON THE OWL BUTTON IN THE CORNER -------->* 🦉

[@morgansinner]

Me too ✋️ The older ANACS soapbox holders are my favorite amongst all others.

[@rogerkinard7446]

My many friends in Germany🇩🇪 say they’ve never heard of the Tucson Coin Show; but yes, because these hard-headed people are well educated, they’re geographically aware that a mesa is essentially flat. 🧐 ⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@professormr.doctor5442]

God Bless the Old Pueblo

[@philipraimondo]

Thanks Ben. Learn a lot from you. I enjoyed this video since I do use ANACS sometime. I used them for some modern coins that were kids birth years, some error coins (modern also). I even sent them a set of 2023 Morgan and peace dollars. I also appreciate that they provide a grade for cleaned or damaged coins… anyway. Thanks for the great content. Oh. I purchased a few ICG coins before because I wanted to coin. I don’t actively go after them but they are also okay

[@TheCoinGeek]

Thanks for sharing

[@WOCassity2]

I played this video for every member of my family. All 4 kids love Encanto and you made their day!!!

[@TheCoinGeek]

Awesome 👏🏼 - this is how we get the younger generation- no joke

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

If you live in Florida, ICG is pretty epic... Definitely the soapbox holders are my favorite and hope maybe in 2025 they'll go back to that and embrace retro. Can we crowdsource a Ben's Grading Service? Even just a sticker with a pair of glasses? We gotta get Ben up in the grading scene...

[@mandoman3042]

Thank you for the information. I've debated whether to use ANACS verses NGC or PGCS for certain coins. Price certainly pays a part. I have a decent Morgan dollar, not a key date, but a better date in a high-grade (MS 65/66+), and lean towards PGCS, & NGC due to a better market value.

[@PocketChangeInspector]

I think I'm the only one who likes the yellow label. It just does not bother me. I agree 100% with market values between the holders. While I like ANACS and buy them for the discount when I agree with the grade, I'd much rather have my coin in a PCGS or NGC holder if I was selling.

[@christophergreyson6953]

I also like the ANACS label

[@TheCoinGeek]

Stealers fans ?😊

[@rasbobbo]

When are you going to start your own grading business? Your opinion is as good as anyone else’s.

[@rogerkinard7446]

A conflict of interest ? 🤔 🤣😂🤣 But yeah, he should definitely use the “Geek” emoji,🤓 rather than the Owl of Athena,🦉 taken from ancient Greek mythology, which is more historically significant to the Western world, as it served as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition. 🧐 ⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@jonathancrocker366]

Surely you've been listening. Even though ANACS is older than the top two graders, they're still in the shadows of the two "big dogs" PCGS, NGC... it's tough. Trying to build a successful grading company, would be terribly difficult.

[@mattmatt6572]

​@@rogerkinard7446vault box pretty much made one of the big two a conflict of interest.

[@harrybond1485]

How many coins are you required to send to Anacs.for a bulk submission?What is the cost for bulk submissions to them?

[@William-Bill-Munny]

Others like....... CACG isn't worth looking at? I am just learning about all the grading hoopla but I thought having a PCGS rated coin with the CAC green sticker added value. Because of that I thought a CACG graded coin would be a very good value, but as I said I am just learning about the companies providing this service.

[@TheCoinGeek]

There is a lot to unpack here- CACG is a reputable company/

[@derinc.8970]

I like ANACS and think they have been very accurate and consistent lately… BUT you can’t get them ‘green beaned’ and they typically sell at a lower price than the big 3!

[@michaelboone-kq4ir]

Thanks for the video. I like ANACS and my experience is their grading is every bit as good as NGC and PCGS. Do you think coins in old ANACS “soapbox” holders are worth any premium over other modem holders? What is your opinion of coins in old ANACS holders that are net graded?

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

The old Anacs soapbox holders are worth more then the new Anacs yellow ones but still not as much as any generation of pcgs or NGC holders. Generally speaking

[@michaelboone-kq4ir]

Thanks for your input!

[@robertscagnelli1011]

I have accumulated 500 Perfect Peter Pizza Points! Other than the obvious, what can I do with them? Thanks Ben!

[@TheCoinGeek]

Usually just go for the candy- or get them graded and sell them at high premiums 😅

[@thekiwiclipper1113]

First. Love your videos Ben i always watch them on my lunches

[@TheCoinGeek]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@dboy6896]

I see things as you do Ben, but have a question...would you use ICG for a Henning nickel since they seem to be the only ones who will certify them as counterfeit and a Henning strike? Thanks for your time. Dan

[@stevemontanya7421]

Lucky 7 !

[@vm.999]

excellent intel!

[@ryanstieglitz777]

Commenting down below for the algorithm.

[@kevinpoggensee]

Hey Ben

[@donaldinnewmexico]

Seven seconds. Damn.

[@kevinpoggensee]

@@donaldinnewmexico sorry Don

[@mrparrehesian1742]

Living in Canada the grading company ICCS is so far behind the rest of the market using flips. Yeah, flips. Bongo company. Seriously looking at using Anacs for the slabbing. I know they grade just as well as PCGS does.

[@madfemurfast]

Soapboxes are the best!

[@fatlostmedia1376]

Did you know with ICG if your in Florida you can go to the icg location and drop ur coins off in person. Which is really cool and saves on shipping

[@steveib8118]

Personally love ANACS.

[@baldwinfrancis4030]

Iv just sent anacs my first batch of precious coins and plan to sell them through HA in london, would that devalue my coins because its not graded by PCGS or NGC

[@TheCoinGeek]

I would check with heritage to see what they think. I do not think heritage sells coins in ANACS holders

[@cjisjunk6271]

Great content! I’m going to have ANACS grade some of my varieties and a Jefferson Nickel( FS ) I think is registry set Windfall…I think having it in an ANSCS at a possibly 67-69 helps to confirm my opinion. Then send it to PCGS. Can anyone legit check my thinking please. I’m up in Phoenix so Dec.8 is a Phoenix or Glendale show where ANSCS will be

[@traceputtz]

ICG Graded coins are also undervalued but I think you need to be much more careful with them especially buying ICG coins online. I'm putting together a peace dollar dansco album in mint state (or close to for the few that get over $300ish in MS62 or better) and opted to try my luck on a few priced well under bid on eBay. Needless to say I'm saving some money and they're getting cracked out anyways so who really cares but many of them I've noticed have been over graded

[@40belowful]

I love the yellow color???

[@TheWinstonDouble]

You're one of the few. It's an extremely off-putting yellow to most people. It makes it look cheap and distracting. Yellow is a HEY OVER HERE, LOOK AT ME kinda colour. Most people hate that when looking at a coin.

[@christophergreyson6953]

@@TheWinstonDouble Guess my taste is bad, as I think the ANACS slabs look way more professional and top two look cheap and over dramatic.

[@TheWinstonDouble]

@@christophergreyson6953 idk, it'd be a fine design if they just made it a more neutral colour. Lots of people don't mind a white, sky blue, or mint green. Yellow though? Some people like it, a lot find it offensive. Yellow with black letters is very eye catching. It draws attention away from the coin.

[@kenmckinley1526]

"I have no reason to look at the other ones" 🏆🏆

[@TheCoinGeek]

Glad someone thought him that was appropriate 😅

[@kenmckinley1526]

Outstanding my sediments as well.@@TheCoinGeek

[@mich2962]

As someone who doesn't use grading for coins: you could always just stick to not grading your coins at all and it'll be fine.

[@Batch_boy]

Raw coins are superior. I will die on this hill

[@TheWinstonDouble]

​@@Batch_boy I asked a shop if they had any UNC silver dollars. "No." I ask to look at the junk/culls. Whaddaya know, a 1958 BC centennial dollar in MS-64 sitting right at the bottom. $70 coin I got for $21. I always look for toned up raw coins. Lots of people have no clue how to grade them and they often think gems are junk.

[@billmason533]

Until you or your heirs take the coins to eventually sell and the rare coins all get quoted at 2 full grades lower or worse as grey sheet wholesale minus10%.

[@TheWinstonDouble]

@@billmason533 Sure, but you also pay a lot less to enjoy higher quality coins. I have lots that would be $100 or more in a holder that I just paid melt price on.

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

Surprised to see lots of positive Anacs comments here and I think here’s why and I’ll use myself as an example. So when I first started buying graded coins I noticed Anacs and ICG coins were far cheaper so I bought tons of them maybe 90%. A couple years into it and it was time for me to sell off a bunch of those coins and man I got hammered on the price. Most people didn’t want them and if they did they didn’t want to pay much. If you would have asked me 5 years ago if I was Pro Anacs I would’ve said hell yeah. So if I had to guess I’d say that a vast majority of the people responding on this video are entry level~novice collectors because if this same question were asked in a room of mid level~high end collectors you would get a completely different response. So in a way that sorta answers it Anacs is a good choice for the entry level collector and I just wouldn’t recommend buying coins over $100 in their holders

[@rogerkinard7446]

One day soon (perhaps 2025 or 2026 ?) we hope to see Ben, “The Coin Geek”🤓 in attendance at The World Money Fair, which is held annually in the month of February in Berlin, the capital city of the Federal Republic of Germany.🇩🇪 We think the world of Ben, but he will very obviously be treated as a Foreigner once he steps off the airplane. And he can see hundreds of thousands of World Coins at the convention, including many Foreign coins from the United States of America.🇺🇸 🧐 😉 🤣😂🤣 And yes, I’ve seen many ANACS-graded coins since I live here in the United States for most of the year. ⚾️⚾️⚾️ ROGER, The LOS ANGELES DODGER

[@TheSteveBoyd]

As dumb is it sounds, I think if ANACS would just change their label - even just the color... the values would go up. As long as they insist upon looking like the K-Mart of grading companies, that's what the market perception will be. If CAC can brand not only stickers, but different TIERS of stickers, maybe ANACS might want to have a look at marketing 101. 🤷‍♂

[@TheWinstonDouble]

Literally. I like them, I just refuse to put my coins in something that ugly. Who likes yellow and blue? Ikea? 😂

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

Great points. Problem is Anacs doesn’t give a shit lol

[@niarbasdeenohw]

Idk why over half of the videos I watch hardly metion or show ANACS grded coins... I heard they were 1 of the 1st grading companies & that they have the largest / widest grading spectrums for services... They even have authenticators & in-house attributeors... If they would put up a site showing coins with as much $$ as pcgs shows, maybe more people would start sending coins to them aswell...

[@sansoyliwanag6433]

Sir how can isell my usa coins and uk coins

[@andyman0231]

NGC PCGS sell the best

[@StevenSportsMD]

What about cacg? Assume they sell just as well, no?

[@rayman46]

I always now use ANACS .

[@brucecolby5016]

16D dimes only

[@davidbell9130]

yes use them

[@timgunn2094]

I think ANACS does a very nice job and are conservative….buy the coin , not the holder, right ?….. They are tough on Bust Half dollars and grade colonials pretty well….Great looking holder

[@LenHere]

ANACS is frowned upon because coin dealers and collectors are lazy and stupid. CAC essentially blackballed them, and collectors would rather trust a con man like Albanese than do their own research and learn how to grade coins themselves. The trend does seem to be reversing, but there are still dealers that won't touch an ANACS coin with a 10 foot pole.

[@fatlostmedia1376]

Albanese really is a business man at the end of the day. And Albanese black balling anacs while simultaneously acting friendly is exactly proof that it's a business move. He founded ngc and pcgs and he's going to promote his brands. He's successfully taken over the majority of the market. He's also destroyed alot of the market too.

[@Batch_boy]

Doesn't he sticker his own coins and then sell them because the sticker comes with a premium? Very shady practice.

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

I’m not sure that’s true. I do know he buys coins that he’s stickered though

[@joepapp01]

Peter Piper Pizza lol

[@psilocybemusashi]

i don't know i love anacs. i love the holders, i love the vams and i love the colors. people rag on anacs but its all hearsay nonsense and it always pretends like PCGS or NGC doesn't have the same problems. first thing is first PCGS and NCG are not the same companies they once were and that is a fact. They are under new ownership and it is not for the better. so whatever was true about them will not necessarily be true going forward and it already obviously is not.

[@donaldinnewmexico]

*FIRST!*

[@donaldinnewmexico]

NOT!

[@morgansinner]

I wonder if the owner of ANACS truly likes YELLOW !! YELLOW !!...or if he just has 5000 multiple gazillions upon gazillions of YELLOW !! YELLOW !! card stock laying around the shop. 🤔 😊

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

lol yah he’s been stuck on yellow for almost the last 20 years

[@morgansinner]

@@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659 😆

[@raddy8898]

ANACS is better than MS69 NGC and MS69 PCGS.

[@TheoFranklin]

I would never use ANACS. I would not want to lower the value of my coin when I want to resale my coins by using ANACS. The top grading PCGS NGC and top value is most important even with low mintage coins. This is my preference.

[@remyferrari8501]

Anacs holders are “Walmartish” - clarity of the slab and ease of scratching are things I notice. Yellow needs to go….

[@jm-sv8ub]

buy the coin not the holder.

[@CatatonicOne]

That's a great statement to remember.

[@WayneLarned]

Thumbs down on ANACS...Too long a wait with poor quality work

[@bethanyhealy4989]

No I would not buy their slabs.

[@indivisibleman8596]

No

[@Jan-m5c2r]

I don't own ANACS - and I still love the label! Say after me please: YELLOW. YELLOW. Just wonderful - seriously!

[@Ghost1126]

wtf?

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

Yah wtf dude 🤨

[@josefigueroa3930]

😂😂