Send it to CAC
I think a lot of people use "technical grading" to refer to "preservation weighted" grading. I think CAC grading should be called "luster grading"...
You're probably right :D JA & I grade saints totally differently. At 1st I didn't like CAC because I went zero beans for 4 submissions on my 12...
At 1st I didn't like CAC. Now I realize it keeps newbs away from the coins I want & I get a discount. Win-Win!:)
I'm very picky about 3rd side damage also & have found that JA is not. My guess is anything a prong can hide, he leaves that judgement to the...
Lamination over a fiber? I like these puzzles even if my success rate is really low.
CAC is great. JA & I have completely opposite views on saints. I think the ones he likes look like garbage and he feels the same about mine....
There are only three MS65 1920 PCGS saints. One is very recent & I think it was a crossover. I've not seen it yet. The other is the Eliasberg...
I've never seen his 1920 but I have seen some of the stuff that didn't boil down into "sauce." A collection can evolve & the collector along with...
You have to look at that person's collection. I can basically tell almost everything about a saint collector by their 1920. I can also tell the...
Cocky-Amateure-Collector :D
Saints are the 2nd most popular pre-33 gold coin to collect after 2 1/2 Indians. Check out the number of registry sets at PCGS and compare....
JA quit or got sacked at 2 grading companies and started on this Quixotic quest to shame them over expanding the grading scale. The industry...
Everybody grades differently....PCGS, NGC, CAC, the dealer, the buyer. It shouldn't come as a shock that JA does not like some coins. After...
Good thing we have coin-facts as a reference.:D
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