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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;torontokuba, post: 2014487, member: 56793&quot;]I&#039;ve known about the secret gullible army out there for years. One day they will take over and only CAC coins will have any value.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> GDJMSP is already discounting all modern TPG practices. I have to read more of his opinions on CAC.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing easier than hiding behind an artsy term for a precise skill. It really makes life easier when 3 or 4 top experts are asked to grade the same coin and we end up with 3 or 4 contradicting grades. That&#039;s when they roll up your sleeves and claim that coin grading is an art.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I thought a real sought after art would command a higher premium. Instead, we have various reasonably priced top dog options in the industry, each struggling from within not to contradict themselves in their own slabs, from one uncirculated coin to another. It has gotten so bad, now we&#039;re seeing the combination of one opinion with another (the CAC sticker). How many forms of art can you find, listed on the NASDAQ?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Commercialized guessing, that&#039;s what some of us are paying for and collecting. If the experts applied a scientific approach, maybe even go together and tried to establish some common scientific standards for grading, we might see a bit more consistency. Instead, we have a bunch of old guys claiming they are practicing an age old art, that in some cases allows for a grade after the coin has met face to face with an SOS pad. Somehow, the real art world seems to represent a much higher level of integrity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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