ANACS Photo Cert Type 6

Shown above is the standard and most common Type 6 photo cert. In fact the printed and applied label is standard across all varieties with some color variations to be expected from ink fading or changing over time and/or due to storage and environmental conditions. I am not focusing on those variations in this post.

It is the photo portion that I am focusing on here.

The above example, is the light background variety, for the most part is seems to have been used for copper coins, while the black background was generally used for gold and silver. That said, I've seen an occasional "cross-over" with silver coins being photographed on light backgrounds and copper on dark ones.

It is easy to distinguish a problem gen 3 holder from most later holders. All gen 3's, like gen 2 and the early gen 4 holders use a yellow label for problem coins. All yellow problem labeled coins were designated as Genuine Not Graded. A note of warning, while I have yet to see an example, it is possible that a yellow label gen 4 is lacking a barcode like the above gen 6. In that case, please just be aware of the font and details placement between gen 3 and gen 4 holders.

Gen 3

Problem Gen 6 (P6)

Problem Gen 3 (P3)