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Message:: [QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 2101935, member: 59677"]True enough - missing that because everyone was saying ANACS... Again from Conder: "NCI (Numismatic Certification Institute)Started by Heritage Rare Coin Gallery in 1984. ... (Examination of existing NCI coins today seems to indicate that either the overgraded coins have been selectively cracked out or they were not as overgraded as everyone made then out to be. I'm not saying that overgraded coins in NCI coins didn't exist, but that they weren't as frequent or as bad as the market said they were.) NCI eventually faded away. I am not sure when they finally closed their doors. ... Eight types of certificate, at least one type of slab. I can't rectify the dates of usage on the certificates. Several different varieties appear to have been used at the same time." This is NCI2: "2.  Photocertificate of a style similar to ANACS 5. Seven lines of text on front label, third line starts to the right of line two. Owners valuation on front of certificate. Text on back upright relative to front. NCI's address is now in the Heritage building on Market Street. Copyright 1985. Has disclaimer "This is not an ANACS certificate". Earliest date seen 4/23/86. Latest seen 1/29/87"[/QUOTE]