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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 945627, member: 66&quot;]The piece pictured by the OP is a sixth generation ANACS certificate (used from late 1983 to late 1985.&nbsp; Earliest seen 10/04/83, latest 12/12/85) put in an aftermarket holder by the company selling it.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS was the first of the third party authentications services.&nbsp; It was founded in 1970 (as ANAAT, American Numismatic Association Authentication Trust.) it went active April 2nd 1972.&nbsp; In the beginning the services were not grading services, they were authentication services guaranteeing that the coins were genuine.&nbsp; grading was still up to the owners.&nbsp; Grading did not enter the picture until late 1978.&nbsp; ANACS was the second company to do grading beginning in January 1979 as a six month experiment that never ended.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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