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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3582895, member: 24314&quot;][USER=66]@Conder101[/USER], posted: &quot;ICG wasn&#039;t in existence until well after PCGS and NGC started.&nbsp; I believe you are thinking of INS.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=54036]@micbraun[/USER], corrected him:&nbsp; &quot;That’s not what [Insider] he said. I believe he’s referring to the <b><span style="color: #b30000">graders</span></b> (i.e. people) not the companies. <b>I also thought ANACS was the oldest grading service.&quot;</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>This is true - OLDEST.&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Previously, and for a very long time, ANACS claimed to be the First TPGS.&nbsp; This was an obfuscation foisted on the public by certain (RIP) ANA Officials.&nbsp; Tell a <b><span style="color: #b30000">BIG LIE <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></b> long enough and everyone believes it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When ANA moved the authentication service to CO, the Director (Charles Hoskins) and every employee except one rookie authenticator still in training <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> stayed in DC. </p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS was the first authentication service and with that &quot;name&quot; goes the glory -&nbsp; Number one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hoskins and a group of US/foreign dealers created the International Numismatic Society in DC where a yearly convention was held.&nbsp; Hoskins became the Director of the INS Authentication Bureau (INSAB) - the second authentication service.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll leave out the details but Hoskins and myself were at the First Grading Roundtable where the ANA reps and dealers were discussing the need/feasibility of a grading service.&nbsp; At that meeting, I told them ANA could be grading coins tomorrow if given the OK because we had been grading coins for the internal records to Identify them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually the ANA set up a group to write grading standards so they could begin grading coins.&nbsp; As soon as we (now working at INSAB) heard this, we started grading submissions FOR FREE (remember grading is just an opinion) when asked.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the ANA started grading coins, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, they charged for the service...so we did also.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">INSAB was the FIRST TPGS</span></i></b> beating the ANA by several months.&nbsp; Since INS is no longer around, and since I blasted the weasels for lying over the years, the <b>ANA now CORRECTLY can claim to be America&#039;s <i><span style="color: #ff0080">OLDEST TPGS</span></i>.</b>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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