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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2302153, member: 24314&quot;]It is possible you may have better information than I have on INS as all I had was published information to go by. (and I am not infallible) Their announcement that they were now grading coins predated ANACS&#039;s by just a couple weeks, but it is possible they were doing it before they made there announcement.</p><p><br /></p><p>I forgot to mention that INSAB was grading for free a long time before the announcement.&nbsp; The grade was sent to the submitter on a buff card that was different and kept separate from the photo certificate because Hoskins felt that the INS grade was just an opinion that was used for internal records to ID the coin (Just as he had done at ANACS).&nbsp; I have several of the things in storage.&nbsp; As best I can remember the card read: &quot;In the opinion of INSAB the grade of this coin is ________.&nbsp; Split grades were used back then.&nbsp; There was more on the front.&nbsp; If I remember, on the reverse of the card was a short guide to the grades assigned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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