CAC Standards

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  1. Owle

    Owle Junior Member

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    The_Cave_Troll The Coin Troll

    from their website:

     
  4. Owle

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  6. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Not sure about the coin posted, but for XF it sure seems to have some heavy marks. I do know - just because it has a CAC sticker does not make it a choice coin. I have seen a few that I thought had carbon spots(or spots on them) that I would have thought limited the grade. Not many CAC coins, but a few I question. Just my humble opinion.
     
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  8. Owle

    Owle Junior Member

    Thanks for the feedback. It probably is not worth spending the $10 to find out next time I send them some coins.

    Here is PCGS' photograde standard: http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#/20Lib/Grades

    I have seen a lot of worse coins in XF45 holders and some better. I have seen heavily bagged marked MS60 gold coins that fit the MS definition though close to being "damaged" coins. I have taken MS61 $20s to a coin club, where members have been unusually harsh, questioning how the coin could have graded so high, etc.. Well, their standards are online, and you can look at dozens of comparable coins at auction sites to compare.
     
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