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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1110098, member: 112"]The purpose of CAC isn't to confirm that the grade is correct. The purpose of CAC is to confirm that the specific coin is at least in the middle of the grade (call these B coins) and sometimes in the top of the grade (call these A coins) for that date and mint. The problem is this, there are lots and lots and lots of coin in MS65, or MS64, or MS66 - pick your grade - slabs that are in the bottom portion of that grade (call these C coins). Yet all of these coins are graded correctly. Now, if you were a collector, which would you rather have in your collection ? A bunch of C coins ? Or a bunch of B and A coins ? And yes that is a rhetorical question. Now before somebody says - but the collector is supposed to decide if the coin is an A, B, or C. You're absolutely right ! They are. But the fact of the matter is that probably 90% of the collectors out there don't have the skill to do that. They are the same 90% that don't have the skill to correctly grade the coins to begin with which is why they are buying a slabbed coin in the first place. THAT'S why CAC exist <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And that's why the company is profitable. And - that's why CAC coins usually sell for more than those without the sticker.[/QUOTE]