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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3023865, member: 73983&quot;]I think it&#039;s funny that if that 1882-S Rattler in 63 is what a 63 was supposed to look like, then where are all the Gold CAC 1882-S MS-63 rattlers?&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen many MS-63 1879-S - 1882-S Morgan Rattlers that look no where near like the example you showed.&nbsp; Those were graded properly and the example you showed was graded improperly, hence the Gold CAC.</p><p><br /></p><p>CAC was not formed until nearly 20 years after that coin was graded.&nbsp; That rattler was graded between 1986 and 1989, CAC was formed in 2007.&nbsp; John Albanese who founded CAC also was a founder of both PCGS and NGC.&nbsp; I&#039;ll take his opinion on graded coins every day of the week.&nbsp; I don&#039;t buy CAC coins blindly, in fact, I&#039;ve only bought one or two coins that already had a CAC sticker on them.&nbsp; I buy the coin and not the holder, unless I like the holder AND the coin in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing consistent about the TPG&#039;s is their inconsistency.&nbsp; Their grading standards ebb and flow between conservative and liberal.&nbsp; Right now, many would argue that they have both shifted towards the conservative side and have tightened up, both on the grading and opinions on toning.&nbsp; In another year or two that will probably swing back the other way.&nbsp; That&#039;s how they stay in business.&nbsp; CAC recognizes that and is why they were formed.&nbsp; In the 10 years that CAC has been around, I don&#039;t think anyone could argue that their standards have wavered much.&nbsp; Have they made mistakes?&nbsp; Yes, they are not infallible.&nbsp; But you don&#039;t hear people saying &quot;Those must have been submitted to CAC back in &#039;09, they would never get a sticker today&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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