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Message:: [QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1157864, member: 13650"]Wow coinman.  That one is impressive!  Great buy.   This Morgan is the only CAC slab in my collection so far:  <img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/coinalbum2/1904-O66OBV-Compr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  This is 1 of 76 that CAC has given a sticker to along  with 6-MS67s.  While I was looking at them, this one seemed to have the cleanest obverse out of the ones I was looking at.  The CAC sticker was basically an added level of comfort.  Many will say they don't care and "buy the coin, not the slab."  Which I tend to agree with.  But the fact of the matter is, if you have two identical coins in identical slabs, and one has a CAC sticker and one doesnt, which do you want?    Somebody at some point, paid to have another third party scrutinize and verify the grade of that coin again, while the other did not get that.   To some people, that service will be worth more than others.   It can't hurt to have another professional, third party's opinion involved in the transactions.    If you really like that dime, I wouldn't think twice about paying a 13.50 premium for the CAC sticker.  I guess the max premium I'd pay would depend on how much I liked the coin.  I think in general, the nicer stuff gets sent to CAC which can set them apart even sight unseen.  That's worth a small premium IMO.[/QUOTE]