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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 1113392, member: 16133&quot;]Before I go into my little rant, I&#039;ll say that you raise a very valid point, and that I have yet to see what I consider to be a bad coin in a CAC slab.&nbsp; CAC has been a huge help in developing my eye for coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[Eddie Murphy voice]Hey hey hey, hey HEY hey hey[/Eddie Murphy Voice]</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, I can think of VERY few coins where it&#039;s safe to do this!&nbsp; I have seen a whole bunch of CAC approved coins that I dislike, not that they were bad coins, but they perhaps didn&#039;t have a look that I liked, or the toning wasn&#039;t to my taste, or they were too dark/light.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As an example, I like Seated Halves in strong VF to XF with dark fields and light devices, a very specific &quot;look&quot; that&#039;s tough to find.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen numerous CAC approved Halves without this look, but bear in mind that digital photographs of a coin as seen online can be quite different to what the coin looks like in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, there&#039;s lots of coins that I would buy off of internet pics if they&#039;re stickered...</p><p><br /></p><p>Most any genericish gold, typical Saints, $20 Libs in strong AU and up.</p><p><br /></p><p>CAC will sticker dipped coins if they feel the coin is still market acceptable to their standards for the TPG assigned grade, however I like my circ gold to have a dirty patina to it, so those I&#039;d want to see in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that goes for most any circ coin, I have a specific look that I like so I would want to see those in hand too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, a White Morgan?&nbsp; Much safer for a collector who knows the series (I.E. you know what luster should and should not look like on certain issues, etc...)&nbsp; A good image should give you an idea of what the strike looks like and chances are outstanding that the coin will be nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>A toned coin?&nbsp; No way, IMO those need to be viewed in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, YMMV[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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