Evaluating the condition of a coin is grading whether it's in a slab or not. The primary grading services grade lots of coins that are already in...
Of course CAC grades coins! They look at a slabbed coin and decide if it meets the grade on the slab. Then they go a step further and decide...
You inferred that, but I never said it. I simply don't know and can't find out how impartial their grading is, but hope that it is and think they...
It's about fairness to folks who aren't part of the company. Their coins should get the same consideration in grading as company-owned coins....
It is a conflict of interest if company-owned coins are more likely to be stickered than non-company-owned coins of comparable quality. I'm not...
My thinking is along the same lines that SEC, FTC, and DOJ have when it comes to trading security instruments versus evaluating them. If Moody's...
It's a conflict of interest if company-owned coins are given more favorable treatment than other coins. And, no, they won't kill their business...
I am quite aware of each every fact mentioned above and have been for some time. Grading operations should be separate from trading. If they're...
CAC could have been set-up as a secondary (NOT second tier!) grading service without also being a dealer. It would have accomplished the same...
CAC being a dealer makes me wonder about potential for conflict of interest. Possibilities: 1. Buy un-stickered slabs, put on stickers and...
Looked at your thread, Mike. Tried a search before my post, but the search engine rejected CAC as having too few characters. The thread gave me...
According to their website, CAC has bought over $400M in coins. Where do they buy them? Where do they sell them? Do they deal only in...
I wouldn't count on this silver round ever being worth more than its silver content. It is from Casascius (casascius.com), a private supplier....
As numerous folks have pointed out, grading is subjective, so accuracy can't be measured. The only possibilities are statistical measures of...
It is a nice looking 2 cents. Interesting pattern in the horizontal lines at the top of the shield. Looks faintly like some lettering, but can't...
The problem I have with lowball is that it's something that can be created. It's just a matter of causing additional "honest" wear and playing...
Yup. I've sent and received registered packages with address labels. But, I submitted two last Thursday with address labels and was told they...
I wrote the following mostly as a reminder to myself, but others may find it useful. Shipping internationally is not discussed. All dollar values...
Interesting coin. A lot (most?) of the soils in Hawaii are sandy, either beach sand, degraded lava or a mix I've observed detectorists in...
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