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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-020378.txt : 20090403
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090403170656
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-020378
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090402
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090403
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090403

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Rifkin Andrew P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001432152

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13937
		FILM NUMBER:		09732946

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DLJ REAL ESTATE CAPITAL PARTNERS
		STREET 2:		11 MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANTHRACITE CAPITAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050112
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				133978906
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 EAST 52ND STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2127545560

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 EAST 52ND STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ANTHRACITE MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971121
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    <periodOfReport>2009-04-02</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001050112</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ANTHRACITE CAPITAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AHR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001432152</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Rifkin Andrew P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ANTHRACITE CAPITAL, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>40 EAST 52ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-04-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>48387</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>59719</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Quarterly payment in shares of Anthracite Capital, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) Common Stock of $75,000 annual retainer for reporting person as an Unaffiliated Director. The quarterly payment is made on the eleventh day of the applicable Window Period (as defined below) or as promptly as practicable thereafter so long as the reporting person is still serving as an Unaffiliated Director on the date of such payment.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The number of shares of Common Stock payable under the retainer for a quarter is calculated by dividing the quarterly retainer amount by the average of the opening and closing prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange during the first 10 trading days of the Window Period (as defined in the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2008, between the Company and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.) in the subsequent quarter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Richard M. Shea as Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew P. Rifkin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-04-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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