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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1711329, member: 11854&quot;]Aside from mentioning that the coin might be a well struck 1916 business strike coin, I have stayed out of this thread because in some ways the details given have the flavor of a red herring.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If this is an old ANACS slab then I would assume either from when the ANA owned the company or at least while the small white holder was still in use.&nbsp; The ANA sold ANACS in the late 1980s or very early 1990s while the small white holder was in use until approximately 2005.&nbsp; If it was certified while ANACS was still an ANA entity then I would be inclined to think it a business strike coin, while later on I have no real feel other than my initial reaction that it be a well struck business strike.&nbsp; One issue brought up is some type of guarantee by ANACS, but I do not know of any guarantee that ANACS does or did offer, so this may be a moot point.&nbsp; The topic of the larger debate is the idea that the dealer owes the seller money.&nbsp; An important point that is left out is whether or not the seller was the original submitter of the coin and if the seller originally purchased the coin raw as a matte proof.&nbsp; If the seller purchased the coin already slabbed as a business strike or if the seller submitted the coin as a business strike then I see no reason for the dealer to be compelled to share any potential profit with the seller.&nbsp; In this case it would be <i>nice </i> for the dealer to include some extra funds in the event of a score, but I do not think it unethical if the dealer chose not to do so.&nbsp; After all, the seller would have flipped the coin without ever knowing what he truly had and, as such, never paid a premium for what the coin might truly be and never did the required homework to find out more.&nbsp; Lastly, many folks think that all dealers have an upper hand in their knowledge with respect to collectors, but this is not necessarily the case.&nbsp; A dealer has generalized knowledge along a broad spectrum and might specialize in one or two niche areas.&nbsp; However, a dedicated collector may know substantially more than most dealers about his chosen niche, which should place the dedicated collector in an advantageous position.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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