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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1421505, member: 36230"]It absolutely does and shows that TPGs WILL give the designation to some coins with line hits... an established precedent. Again and just to be clear, I've never said the OP's coin <i>will</i> FBL, but for you to steadfastly say it will not because of something you read on a website is ridiculous. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You got me there.. guess Ill rot in the ninth circle of Dante's Inferno for my unforgivable sin of suggesting a quality online reference to someone who may have found it useful.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"The coin is truly only worth what someone is willing to pay for it".. the same can be said for TPG slabs, raw coins, basement slabs, or anything else, so what is your point? Did it ever occur to you that the a bean represents something and is MARKET ACCEPTED regardless of what you want to think? The "asking price" premiums are not coming out of left field somewhere.. they are in response to achieved prices and is not just a sticker on a coin or marketing tool for the evil slabbed coin sellers. Maybe if the TPGs started designating A, B, and C coins there would be less of a market or niche for CAC. Plus, we've already established that TPG's make mistakes, so what is wrong with an industry accepted second opinion?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you realize that CAC presently does not charge for coins submitted by "collector members" unless they sticker? Since time is money, would it not go to reason that this policy would be bad for business considering CAC is nothing more than a marketing ploy? Sounds more like you have a personal bias against CAC that anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1421505, member: 36230"]It absolutely does and shows that TPGs WILL give the designation to some coins with line hits... an established precedent. Again and just to be clear, I've never said the OP's coin [I]will[/I] FBL, but for you to steadfastly say it will not because of something you read on a website is ridiculous. You got me there.. guess Ill rot in the ninth circle of Dante's Inferno for my unforgivable sin of suggesting a quality online reference to someone who may have found it useful. "The coin is truly only worth what someone is willing to pay for it".. the same can be said for TPG slabs, raw coins, basement slabs, or anything else, so what is your point? Did it ever occur to you that the a bean represents something and is MARKET ACCEPTED regardless of what you want to think? The "asking price" premiums are not coming out of left field somewhere.. they are in response to achieved prices and is not just a sticker on a coin or marketing tool for the evil slabbed coin sellers. Maybe if the TPGs started designating A, B, and C coins there would be less of a market or niche for CAC. Plus, we've already established that TPG's make mistakes, so what is wrong with an industry accepted second opinion? Do you realize that CAC presently does not charge for coins submitted by "collector members" unless they sticker? Since time is money, would it not go to reason that this policy would be bad for business considering CAC is nothing more than a marketing ploy? Sounds more like you have a personal bias against CAC that anything else.[/QUOTE]
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