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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2965107, member: 24314&quot;]CamaroDMD, posted:&nbsp; &quot;I know in the past...ANACS was the preferred choice for lesser known varieties and VAMs and such.&nbsp; Things that PCGS and NGC didn&#039;t see to care about.&nbsp; That was sort of their niche.&nbsp; Has ICG closed that gap then and basically offer an identical service?&nbsp; Or, was my belief simply inaccurate?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Please just take this response as an informed opinion as I was not around at the time.&nbsp; IMO, ANACS had better overall graders than ICG.&nbsp; I know for a fact that they have always been good with varieties and new discoveries that the Big Two would refuse to certify <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> until they could see another example.&nbsp; This happened to me personally when they would not certify an AU, &quot;naked-eye&quot; overdate &quot;discovery coin&quot; that is now published in the literature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since around 2008, I consider ANACS and ICG to be equals; however, I have a strong preference for one of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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