To CAC or not to CAC - official game thread

Green for sure but I'll vote gold. It looks great in that old holder.

 

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I see traces of wear so I don't think its MS.

But I could see it at 58+.

Does that make it gold? I don't know. I'm going to vote green.

 

I'll say green - there appears to be a little corrosion on the rim that bleeds over to 1:00 on the obverse, and some scratches here and there.

 

I think it got the gold. Where's the wear?

 

Gold appears MS

 

I'm giving it a gold. I think I see some rubs on obverse and reverse but not enough to make it a 55 under current standards. So, a 58+. I'm running neck and neck with @wxcoin on my record.

 

Last call...get your thoughts in...

 

That's nothing to be proud of!

 

@wxcoin get that bug ready

This one baffled me as it failed to sticker.
To me it looked like an UNC coin, but CAC didn't even see it as a "B" coin at 55. It's a strange coin overall. An AU 55 common date Mercury Dime was an odd choice to send in to be graded-especially in the rattler era.

 

Summary

Rd. 1: 1921 MS 65 Green CAC Morgan--> Yes: 4 vs No: 3

Rd. 2: 1835 AU 50 Green CAC 50c--> Yes: 2 vs No: 8

Rd. 3: 1939-S Oregon MS 65 Gold CAC 50c--> Yes: 10 (8 Green and 2 Gold) vs No: 0

Rd. 4: 1838 AU 58 Green CAC (Gold $5)--> Yes: 1 vs No: 5

Rd. 5: 1908 MS 63 Green CAC (Gold $20)—> Yes: 5 vs No: 1

Rd. 6: 1885-CC MS 63 PL Green CAC Morgan--> Yes: 8 vs No: 1

Rd. 7: 1946-S MS 66 Green CAC Walker 50c--> Yes: 7 (6 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 1

Rd. 8: 1885-S MS 62 NOT CAC Morgan--> Yes: 5 (4 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 1

Rd. 9: 1830 EF 45 UNKNOWN CAC 50c--> Yes: 10 vs No: 1

Rd. 10*: 1899 MS 65 BN UNKNOWN CAC 1c--> Yes: 4 vs No: 5

Rd. 11: 1942 MS 65 Gold CAC 50c--> Yes: 4 (4 Green and 0 Gold) vs No: 2

Rd. 12: 1940-D MS 67 Star UNKNOWN CAC 10c--> Yes: 3 vs No: 4

Rd. 13*: 1884-O MS 61 Gold CAC $1--> Yes: 9 (4 Green and 5 Gold) vs No: 0

Rd. 14: 1827 AU 55 CAC 10c--> Yes: 1 vs No: 7

Rd. 15: 1851 MS 66 CAC 1c--> Yes: 5 vs No: 4

Rd. 16: 1919-S MS 65 Green CAC 10c--> Yes: 12 (11 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 0

Rd. 17: 1922 MS 65 NOT CAC Peace $1--> Yes: 10 vs No: 1

Rd. 18: 1851 Au 58+ CAC 1/2C--> Yes: 0 vs No: 6

Rd. 19: 1839-O AU 53 NO CAC 50c--> Yes: 6 (5 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 3

Rd. 20: 1920 MS 65 NO CAC 25c--> Yes: 4 vs No: 6

Rd. 21: 1862 PF 64 CAC H10c--> Yes: 5 vs No: 1

Rd. 22: 1869 PF 63 Gold CAC 10c--> Yes: 7 (5 Green and 2 Gold) vs No: 0

Rd. 23: 1834 XF 45 CAC $5--> Yes: 2 vs No: 5

Rd. 24: 1835 XF 40 CAC 25c--> Yes: 8 (7 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 2

Rd. 25: 1876 MS 62 Not CAC 50c--> Yes: 7 (6 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 1

Rd. 26: 1853 MS 64 Not CAC 10c--> Yes: 7 vs No: 0

Rd. 27: 1913 MS 62 CAC 2.5 Gold--> Yes: 1 vs No: 5

Rd. 28: 1835 AU 58 CAC 10c--> Yes: 3 vs No: 7

Rd. 29: 1908-S MS 64 CAC 1c--> Yes: 9 vs No: 2

Rd. 30: 1913-D MS 66+ CAC 5c--> Yes: 10 vs No: 0

Rd. 31: 1829 AU 55 NOT CAC 5c--> Yes: 11 vs No: 1

Rd. 32: 1851 MS 61 CAC 2.5 Gold--> Yes: 4 (3 Green and 1 Gold) vs No: 2

Rd. 33: 1936-D MS 66 GOLD CAC 5c--> Yes: 3 (3 Green) vs No: 2

Rd. 34: 1941-S AU 55 NOT CAC 10c--> Yes: 11 (2 Green and 9 Gold) vs No: 0

Green CAC on coin and deserves it: 11
Green CAC on coin and doesn't deserve it: 7
Gold CAC on coin and deserves it: 1
Gold CAC on coin but should only be Green: 4
Gold CAC on coin but should not sticker:
Failed to sticker but deserves a sticker: 7
Failed to sticker and should not sticker: 1
Unknown sticker status and deserves a sticker:1
Unknown sticker status and does not deserve a sticker:2


Note: if we don’t know the status of a coin before the reveal and more people say green CAC for a gold CAC coin, then it will go in the area of “Gold CAC on coin but should only be Green” ....see round 3 as the example case

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Rd. 10 was 4-4...I interpreted that CircCam would consider it a no (based on a similar example), which swayed the overall vote to a lean towards no.
Rd. 13 was tied between green and gold at 4-4...I interpreted that geekpryde would consider it a gold

 

Goodbye friends. I always knew a TSE would be the end of me; I just didn't know it would come at the hand of my overconfidence in CAC's ability to designate premium quality coinage.

 

My cat just ate the bug. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find another one.

 

There's no way that that merc is an AU 55 coin. Even after a few drinks it looks good. Wait, I think I found my problem.

 

That experience (along with the Morgan from round 8 that I saw as a gold cac too) convinced me that trying to make a gold CAC wasn't for me. To be fair, I did get two golds, but those coins seemed less obvious to me than these two (I won't post them here as both were proof Franklins and proof coins are basically impossible to grade from photos).

 

I am flabbergasted by the Merc failing to even get a green. I understand my wife's cats better than I understand CAC.

 

Bizzaro World! I guess one needs to see the coin in hand but from the photo it looked at the very least worse case no-brainer Green. Weird.

Who be next?

jom

 

I saw it in hand and so did my friend who helped send it in. We were both surprised.

And the floor is open...

 

PCGS 66 Did it bean?

 

I'll say yes to a Green sticker
(looks solid overall)

 

It’s solid, but a study of Photograde says no bean to me, though it’s close.