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I agree Steven. But, I also own a number of coins where the TPG grade and CAC sticker are well deserved. That doesn't mean I will only buy that way, but they do get more right than wrong.

To me that's the beauty of this hobby. Take a 1838 Bust Half in XF45. That coin can technically meet the grade (as I judge it), but it also might have some of the contact marks in the most distracting area of the coin for me. While I think the TPG got the grade correct, I don't like the way it looks so I won't add it to my collection.

IMO, there are quite a few collectors (not necessarily here) that think a PCGS graded coin with a CAC sticker is infallible, but I don't drink from that fountain and neither do most of the collectors on this site, as far as I can tell.

 

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Are you at all familiar with what CAC actually does and what the sticker means? No disrespect intended, but the fact you keep pushing the "ugly" thing suggests you don't.

 

Im not pushing the ugly one. My first post about an ugly quarter, was, How did this get a CAC sticker", because I thought you only got a CAC sticker for a top grade coin (an A or B). And I got that notion from reading an article about the guy who started CAC. Well I was then called a CAC basher and told that CAC only verifies that its a correct grade, by PCGS or NGC.
Now the second ugly quarter I was trying to get a general idea of its worth, because I saw several different values of that year and grade. And I figured maybe I would get it if the bids stayed low enough, and before someone ask, my limit was 6k. Even tho its an "ugly" quarter, it has long term value, just due to the grade, IMO.

 

Good bid for a rich resident from the JFK home for the blind!

 

In case anyone cares the auction closed at $20,001.00