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<p>[QUOTE="C-B-D, post: 2232315, member: 43130"][ATTACH=full]439009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439011[/ATTACH]</p><p>Back in July, I sent these 2 coins to Heritage to sell in the Chicago ANA. An 1839 PCGS AU55 gold $5, and an MS66 1862 3cent. I was told they would go to CAC first. 1 week later Heritage called me and said neither coin CAC'd and they did not get them back in time to put them in the ANA auction. I expressed my disappointment and asked them to mail the coins back to me. They billed me for the CAC submission.</p><p><br /></p><p>At that point I sent them both back to PCGS for regrade (which cost me around $130 total), knowing that they would come back with new cert numbers, AND knowing that CAC keeps records of failed CAC coin cert numbers. I knew, therefore, that this would give the coins a second, unbiased look from CAC. Why spend so much just for the CAC sticker?-Because these coins historically sell for $1000+ more each if they are stickered, according to Heritage and Stacks Bowers.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I sent them CAC myself a couple weeks ago, and just got the results yesterday. They both received a green sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this makes me wonder... is CAC really that inconsistent? Or did Heritage not send in my coins at all in the first place? What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="C-B-D, post: 2232315, member: 43130"][ATTACH=full]439009[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439010[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439011[/ATTACH] Back in July, I sent these 2 coins to Heritage to sell in the Chicago ANA. An 1839 PCGS AU55 gold $5, and an MS66 1862 3cent. I was told they would go to CAC first. 1 week later Heritage called me and said neither coin CAC'd and they did not get them back in time to put them in the ANA auction. I expressed my disappointment and asked them to mail the coins back to me. They billed me for the CAC submission. At that point I sent them both back to PCGS for regrade (which cost me around $130 total), knowing that they would come back with new cert numbers, AND knowing that CAC keeps records of failed CAC coin cert numbers. I knew, therefore, that this would give the coins a second, unbiased look from CAC. Why spend so much just for the CAC sticker?-Because these coins historically sell for $1000+ more each if they are stickered, according to Heritage and Stacks Bowers. So I sent them CAC myself a couple weeks ago, and just got the results yesterday. They both received a green sticker. So this makes me wonder... is CAC really that inconsistent? Or did Heritage not send in my coins at all in the first place? What do you think?[/QUOTE]
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