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Alan Thanks my friend. I enjoyed looking at what you have done and "I LIKE IT" The article was so much fun to research and I met and emailed many people for thier inputs. I do hope there will be many people to down load and look it over. Thank You all. Bob

I did it all by email and just used the PCGS set Registry Help Contact and Cosseta Robbins was the one that finally took care of it all. Send the picture Obverse and Reverse, and I hope they will correct the info in there data base for you. It just takes time. But it seems like a no brainer for them to correct the info in a timily manner. But who knows. Bob

ART I see you have a problem with a rattler being the the PCGS data base. As I have checked the serial number and I get the reply that "That Cert Is not available for display" I did have three rattlers that had a problem but I have kept the coin, rattler holders, and now they are all in the data base, and in my sets for anyone to look at. I copied the rattler and sent the pictures to the people at PCGS in control of the reg. sets, Now this did take a few months but in the end the serial number was added and all ended well. I was willing to send the coin in as long as they did not break it out and they finally just used the pictures I sent to make it right. I hope you stick with PCGS and get the coin straightened out. Bob

Canada will be the fifth contry to eliminate the penny. short article on them Bob

Mark If you click on my link for PCGS, (in #1 post) I have many rattler sets that I am collecting. PCGS will only let you register PCGS slabbed coins. If you have anyone elses slab you my have it in your coin album at PCGS but not in any set there. I have many non PCGS coins in my album. so you would have to go page by page thru the album to see them. Bob

Mark I see on your site that you have a littlebit of every thing. That seems to be the way I collect also. Glad you stopped in and left a post. But I have gotten out of the collecting sets so much and now I collect PCGS rattlers, ANACS photo certs and any out of business old TPG slabs. I never knew there were so many compaines that have come and gone. The plus side of collecting the plastics is there are real rare ones out the that only a handful of people know about. And most of the time the holder is worth more then the coin. I just got a 1977-S Ike dollar in a rare holder for 15 dollars on ebay. The holder makes it a 100 dollar item. I think it is neat that some of the collectors do collect the plastic because if all the dealer would crack them out to sell the coin easier then, there would be no history of a company that was in business and has come and gone like the wind. Bob

Anyone else collect old TPG holders or PCGS Rattlers. TTT Bob

Thanks Alan I just had so much fun researching it and meeting new people. and I just want to pass on some info to the many people out there. Bob

Hi all Just thought I would see who out here might like these old ANACS Photo Certs and might like to receive a research paper I did on them. The article cover 18 years that the ANA owned ANACS and it covers 10 different photo cert types and I have some info from the first graded that was at ANACS in 1978. I don't have anyway to put a link on the internet for a down load copy for you to get easy. You would have to PM me with a email address so I can sent it to you. File size is: PDF 4.3 meg I hope you all might like it. Thanks

Alan Keep up the good work. As alway I'll help you anyway I can. Bob

I like your article, Alan. Bob

Nice going Alan Keep up the great articles on them Bob

Thanks for the comments. #1 seems to be my current problem at hand. Before rattlers I was dealing with #2 and was not sure what to collect. All of these holders are really fun to search for. If you don't know what the sample slabs are, go to www.sampleslabs.com and read up on them. There are some really rare ones and the prices are not too bad yet, but they are seeing some activity and are increasing. Bob

Hi I am new here and I just thought I would see if there are many people who collect the PCGS Rattlers. I have been at it for 6 or 7 years now and have massed up quite a herd, eh hoard of these. The two rarest coins I have seen in the rattler are 1856 FE cent and a 1893-S Morgan. I have seen gold in them but I don't own any, so I don't know what rare gold in in them. Also I have done an article on the ANACS photo certs, it is 32 pages of the 10 different certs that ANACS has issued over the 18 years that the ANA and ANACS were together. I can only email it out to anyone, so if you might like a copy PM me with a email address that I can send it to. Thanks, Bob Here is a link to my Registry Sets at PCGS http://www.pcgs.com/...ts.aspx?m=32594

Thanks all Bob

I collect all coins but I am now working on PCGS Rattlers, ANACS Photo Certs and 1st Generation Holders, All Sample Slabs, and out of business TPG slabs. I am researching ANACS photo certs and puting together a time line on them and It is completed and RELEASED. ANACS Photo Certificates Article I wrote and would like to share. PM with email address to send it to. Rattlers, Photo Certs, old TPG Holder, Ikes, I collect them all! Remeber to collect the slabs and not the coin! I like the 1881-S Morgan Dollar in all holders but I have concentrated on PCGS Rattlers and have a grading set of the listed on PCGS Reg. set under the "other" catagory in Collector showcases plus others sets. Thanks, Bob