NOTIFICATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM LISTING
AND REGISTRATION OF THE STATED SECURITIES

New York Stock Exchange LLC (the 'Exchange'
or the 'NYSE') hereby notifies the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the 'Commission')
of its intention to remove the entire class
of each of the Common Stock, Series C
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and
8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Stock (?the Securities') of Anthracite Capital,
Inc., (?the REIT') from listing and registration
on the Exchange at the opening of business
on December 31, 2009, pursuant to the provisions
of Rule 12d2-2 (b), because, in the opinion of
the Exchange, the Securities are no longer
suitable for continued listing and trading on
the Exchange.

NYSE Regulation based its determination on the
?abnormally low? selling price of the Company?s
common stock, which closed at $0.24 on
December 1, 2009, with a resultant market
capitalization of approximately $22.6 million.
The REIT made an announcement on December 1, 2009,
that disclosed defaults and cross-defaults on a
number of unsecured and secured debt obligations.
The REIT also stated that there can be no assurance
that discussions with creditors will result in its
continuing operations and referenced management?s
assessment that, in the event of a reorganization
or liquidation, shareholders would not receive any
value and the value received by unsecured creditors
would be minimal.

1. The Exchange's Listed Company Manual,
Section 802.01C, states, in part, that the Exchange
would consider delisting a security of either a
domestic or non-U.S. issuer when: average closing
price of a security is less than $1.00 over a
consecutive 30 trading-day period.

2. The Exchange, on December 1, 2009, determined
that the Securities should be suspended from trading
before the opening of the trading session on
December 2, 2009, and directed the preparation and
filing with the Commission of this application for
the removal of the Securities from listing and
registration on the Exchange. The REIT was notified
by letter on December 1, 2009.

3. Pursuant to the above authorization, a press
release was immediately issued and an announcement
was made on the 'ticker' of the Exchange at the opening
and at the close of the trading session on
December 2, 2009 of the suspension of trading in the
Securities. Similar information was included on the
Exchange's website.

4. The Company had a right to appeal to the Committee
for Review of the Board of Directors of NYSE Regulation
the determination to delist its Securities, provided
that it filed a written request for such a review with
the Secretary of the Exchange within ten business days
of receiving notice of delisting determination. On
December 2, 2009, the Company stated in its Form 8-K
that it does not intend to contest the suspension or
delisting