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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 447853, member: 15929&quot;]I wish! Ha ha ha!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Actually, we specifically chose ANACS because ANACS is not governed by Market Acceptability but by the coin collecting hobby. Our primary concern was that we did not want to have to &quot;school&quot; someone on what to look at and what to look for as can be the case with many IKE&#039;s. To this day, folks eve graders still have difficulties in determining Type 1, 2, and 3 1972 coins as well as Type 1 and Type 2 BiCentennial coins. JP Martin at ANACS was the first name to pop up while NGC was also discussed. On consensus, we agreed that JP was the best selection based upon recommendation from James Wiles and JP&#039;s experience with the 1971-S Type 1 Proof coins. We felt that he and ANACS were the best selection for detailed objective analysis.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sure, I would have liked the coin in a PCGS Slab but PCGS is a grading company and not a variety authenticating company. To this very day, they still have little interest in viewing or even slabbing the coin. (Its not like I haven&#039;t asked.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NGC would have been a good choice as well as they do like to attribute and authenticate varieties but we felt that ANACS was the best bet.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My experience with ANACS has always been on the highest of levels since, as I stated, ANACS is the coin collectors company. They are not afraid to call it like it is and actually attribute coins. Granted, their slabs do not always bring top dollar in the open market but with this specific coin we didn;t feel that this was of paramount importance. Getting it authenticated was the number one goal as the coin itself is a dramatic departure from anything that has been discovered for the Eisenhower Dollar in the past 9 years!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One might sit back and wonder how significant varieties can be overlooked for so long but with the IKE, the answer is simple: Nobody ever really looks at them! For this I&#039;m grateful as it gave me the opportunity to find something really unique.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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