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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 820791, member: 15199&quot;]The initial slabbing helps to stabilize a selling ( or value) price, as many collectors and investors can not readily grade the borderlines such as between AU58 and MS63, and the individual steps upward, and most of the cost of the slabbing can be recovered if the coin is valued raw at $100 or more. But everyone who has looked at slabs of a certain coin graded by the same TPG , realizes that not all of them are equal. If they have the grading, marketing experience, they do not need CAC or similar services to detect the high end one. Investors and flippers who would hope to return it for an higher initial slab&nbsp; grade, would be very influenced by a CAC type of sticker. Since few coins submitted are CAC-ed, the submitter themselves have to have the ability to know which ones will be stickered, or they will lose financially.&nbsp; CAC stickered coins in auctions seem to go at a higher price (notice how some of the coin world ads for auctions feature the CAC-ed coins). But like most collectors, I still follow the adage of know your coin,know your grading, and know your limitations.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as NGC vs. PCGS, I feel they are very close for most coins. In MS Lincolns cents which I have most experience, in my <b>personal opinion</b>, NGC gives about 1 point higher grade than PCGS, but mostly this is figured in as a NGC+1 grade is close to the PCGS grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>If by chance I had 2 identical slabbed coins in hand , and they were identical to my observation, graded the same by the same TPG, worth over $100, maybe a good resell, and one has the CAC bean and the other didn&#039;t, I might pay $10 more for it as someone who can&#039;t grade might feel the &quot;security&quot; was worth it and it would sell easier. AIMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the Forum!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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