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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8420061, member: 27832"]Please stop lumping CAC and MAC together. It's like saying "if you find that a slab of meat has a USDA inspection stamp or mold spots on it, you should throw it away". The two are <i>completely</i> unrelated, except that they're spots of color on meat (my example) or stickers (your example).</p><p><br /></p><p>How's this for evidence: coins with CAC stickers <i>consistently sell for higher prices than those without</i>. If John Albanese weren't able to evaluate a coin's grade while it's encapsulated, that wouldn't be the case. Either that, or <i>nobody</i> can <i>ever</i> tell whether a coin in a slab is accurately graded -- which is an interesting suggestion, but probably not the one you're trying to make.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 8420061, member: 27832"]Please stop lumping CAC and MAC together. It's like saying "if you find that a slab of meat has a USDA inspection stamp or mold spots on it, you should throw it away". The two are [I]completely[/I] unrelated, except that they're spots of color on meat (my example) or stickers (your example). How's this for evidence: coins with CAC stickers [I]consistently sell for higher prices than those without[/I]. If John Albanese weren't able to evaluate a coin's grade while it's encapsulated, that wouldn't be the case. Either that, or [I]nobody[/I] can [I]ever[/I] tell whether a coin in a slab is accurately graded -- which is an interesting suggestion, but probably not the one you're trying to make.[/QUOTE]
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