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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2323189, member: 15588&quot;]I came across this old ANACS graded Buffalo nickel in a local shop recently and found it interesting enough to buy (I also happened to want a Buffalo Type I anyway). The owner said it had sat in his inventory for &quot;a very very long time.&quot; He was probably delighted to finally unload it. It wasn&#039;t expensive (he took a bit off of the market price of the nickel) and, to me, it provided a fascinating hands on example of the history of numismatics grading. The card and the coin were only joined by a paper clip, which I kept but removed, and the coin isn&#039;t sealed inside the plastic. Only the serial number &quot;XA7382,&quot; sans paper clip, seems to connect the card with the coin. The back of the card reads &quot;copyright ©1986 American Numismatic Association.&quot; I can only imagine how much fun counterfeiters would have with this format today. Since the coin isn&#039;t rare I plan to keep everything as-is. This probably isn&#039;t new to many of you here, but I had never seen anything like it. I&#039;m guessing this is what I&#039;ve heard people refer to as &quot;photo-grade.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/ANACS_Old_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/ANACS_Old_02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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