Last year ANACS graded a submission of 50 Morgans for me. One of them was a nice 1899P with a rim cud VAM. It came back AU58. I was baffled, I saw no wear at all and it had good but not great luster. Fast forward to Jan 2025, I sent that same coin to PCGS after cracking out and it came back AU58 cleaned. What? I still was not satisfied, so back in May I cracked it out again and resubmitted to ANACS. I just got the grades, now it's a MS61 VAM6A straight grade. Persistance and stubbornness is effective every now and then, even when it makes zero financial sense.
Some coins one just has to give up one because the dollar spread in grades is not worth the resubmission fees. However, I also understand the stubbornness aspect. I sent a Franklin in 4 times (nice toning). It was Anacs AU 55 -> NGC MS 62 -> PCGS Unc Details Damage -> NGC MS 62 ....after the 4th try I finally was able to convince myself to stop sending it in. I eventually sold it for a decent toning premium. Below is the photo when it was PCGS details.
With regards to my original post, I'm done here with this particular coin crackout game. It's crazy isnt it? I need to figure out how to avoid a grader from grading my stuff right after a weekend bender.
Sometimes these motivations aren't strictly financial. My profile image was my only crack-out game (not sure how much of a game though since I've only done it once so far). Canada 1947 $1 Maple Leaf, Curved Right 7 variety, originally PCGS SP UNC Details - Cleaned, Cook Collection. Submitted in holder to ANACS along with the rest of grandpa's best Canadian and a handful of my purchases, one or two in ICCS holders. My motivations - it ain't cleaned, that's die polish; get the stink of the Cook Collection off of it; get it out of a PCGS holder (personal reasons); and put grandpa's name on all of them (hey, it's my name too). After conservation (lacquer removed) it came back SP62. My personal vendetta with this coin I feel was finally vindicated six years later with the recent Stack's sale of the same coin, where I finally had images of the exact same crisscrossing die polish that PCGS had mistaken for cleaning. Sure, it's also worth a lot more with a straight grade but that doesn't matter much to me.
I tend to leave coins alone and let the coin speak for itself unless it something quite extrodinary such as a missed mintmark, miss identified variety etc. But then I play in the shallow end of the pool. james
