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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 26018035, member: 36248&quot;]Bought my first one, Hooray!</p><p><br /></p><p>Seated &quot;No Drapery&quot; Quarter.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I like this quite a bit, has the CircCam look I love, and the contrast shows off the lack of drapery very nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654224[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654222[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1654223[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>CAC slab photos make the obverse look a little darker than reality.&nbsp; (I think they use the Black font to set the black point, which likely gives it a deeper black look).</p><p><br /></p><p>I still don&#039;t quite love the &quot;hand feel&quot; of the CACG slabs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sharp and rough in places.&nbsp; But clarity is very good.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I am oddly bothered by what I consider a squished left-to-right CAC bean, making the middle look fat.&nbsp; I wish it looks exactly like the applied bean.&nbsp; But literally no one besides me would notice or care.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting little detail, clearly shown in the seller photos, is that there is a white spec obverse, left side of shield.&nbsp;&nbsp; I thought (hoped) it was on the slab, but of course my luck, it&#039;s on the coin.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Now that I look, I can also see that white fleck on the CAC photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not the eBay sellers fault at all, but this exact same thing happened a few months ago with PCGS, and customer service with them has not gone well, so its a major sore spot for me right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I am done with PCGS and moving to CACG, and this purchase was for the coin itself, as I need it for my Type Set, but also as a ice-breaker for me to get warmed up the CACG slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not happy to see this white plastic snowflakes showing up inside the slab, on the face of the coins, and adhered well enough to not shake free.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Been hit with this identical issue, two grading companies, one submitted by me, one purchased off eBay.&nbsp; &nbsp; And I am neurotic enough to care?&nbsp; &nbsp; Just my luck.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I am fine with the Slab and I will be buying more CACG coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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