Pardon the interruption, but could any of you tell me anything about ANI slabs? I'm looking at this one currently on eBay and laughing at the overgrade.
I don't think the toning brought much premium. It's not vibrant at all. Rather ordinary. That being said, the doily and Gold CAC would make many drool. I'm going to guess $275.
@Marshall and @heavycam.monstervam from what I have seen, ANI is on par with the self-slabbers. I did find this tidbit online: ANI - American Numismatic Institute - The American Numismatic Institute states it was over 100 years combine grading experience. Each coin is graded fairly using the consensus method to ensure the highest quality service. started business in: 2005 holder size: normal no longer in business NOTE: ANI and UNC appear to be the same company. Same mailing address, same statement, and same president. The only difference between the two is the holder and their phone numbers. http://postman180.tripod.com/coins_slabcompanies2.html
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WRT ANI, Yeah, junk They had a website from 2006-2008 but it never made it out of "under construction" I haven't found the barcode to be readable The part that confuses me the most is why so many have numbers in green perm marker on the reverse. A lot of old coin slabber websites popped back up in the 2013 to now timeframe hosting shopping referrals and what appears to be other less savory content. Likely found out there were live links from live pages (I dislike Coin Auction Help - I get tired of the red print blather on each page swamping 2 lines of semi-useful info - prefer the All Certified Coins.COM version). Oh, yeah - their submission form is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20070729011328/http://www.anicoins.com/submissionform.pdf, which has a Madison MS address.
1948 Booker T Washington Commemorative MS65 in an NGC Gen 4 slab CDN - $65 NGC - $95 PCGS - $95 Heritage Index - $55-75 Numismedia Retail - $81 Numismedia Wholesale - $65 What did it sell for?