My 12 coins I submitted over 2 months ago still haven't come back. Next week will be 90 days since submission at a coin show. I logged in and checked status. It says "consultant status". ANACS is closed for the day so I googled what that means. From what I read it's either a VAM that is being researched or another coin that the rep told me was struck through wood. Who do they consult with? I dont know which coin is in question, I will call tomorrow. Anyone else run into this?
ANACS communication is among the best. I'm kind of surprised you haven't heard from them. I would definitely be on the phone to them.
Seems like whatever "consultant" may have been busy with ANA? You didn't say what you specified on the submission - conservation? attribution? imaging? etc. I also found their communication to be excellent, but that was a few years ago now. A higher-up actually called me to discuss the pros and cons of conserving a specific coin before they did it. This delayed getting them back by I think close to a month but it was well worth it. Call them and see what the story is. At least you weren't submitting a 1652 New England threepence to PCGS! That one took literally four years to authenticate and grade.
I just called customer service. They sent my entire submission to a John Barber for consultation? Lucky me has a difficult case? Maybe some of you recognize that name. They keep the entire submission together so it doesn't get lost in the cracks. The customer service rep said there are no notes as to where the hangup is. I had two VAMS and a struck through coin. The strike through should be a no brainer. He said Barber was backed up and it could be several more weeks in process.
All I can think of is John Frost with the Barber Coin Collectors Society and you munged the names together, but if you didn't submit a Barber or Seated Liberty coin it's probably not him.
I have never had a bad experience with ANACS. I will always choose them over the so called top 2. My second choice is ICG. There you have it, my top 2.
I don't hate ANACS. They've graded about 80 Morgans for me. They sure as hell are way conservative though. It matters little with common dates but eventually I'm going to cross the rarer ones to PCGS. I expect a few will get upgrades as well.
