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<p>[QUOTE="1865King, post: 6442991, member: 103207"]<b>I didn't read every reply to the questions about CAC. However, here is my opinion on CAC.</b> </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>First buyer beware there are counterfeit CAC stickers out there. Sometimes they're on counterfeit slabs. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't assume a coin without a CAC is worth less than one with it. I have passed up many coins with a CAC sticker to buy one without a sticker. The reason I passed on those coins with a CAC sticker is that the strike wasn't great, ugly toning, finger prints and other very basic reasons. The same reasons I would have passed on many coins without a sticker. Also there are a lot of coins sitting in collections that people can't be bothered to send out to CAC. </p><p><br /></p><p>A common coin with a CAC sticker who cares. An extremely rare coin with a CAC sticker on it again who cares. A CAC sticker on a 1794 or a 1804 silver dollar really! Think about it folks. </p><p><br /></p><p>CAC is being hyped by a lot of dealers right now as the only coins worth buying. It's a marketing tool nothing more. Is a CAC sticker indicating a high end coin for the grade given sometimes Yes sometimes No. From what I understand a CAC sticker only means that someone other than a grading service has looked at the coin and they agree with the grade on the slab. <b>Bottom line buy the coin not the sticker or the plastic. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS, NGC & CAC have done more to help the hobby than anything done in the last 100 years. However, just to assume a coin with a CAC sticker is better than one without a sticker is wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="1865King, post: 6442991, member: 103207"][B]I didn't read every reply to the questions about CAC. However, here is my opinion on CAC.[/B] [B] First buyer beware there are counterfeit CAC stickers out there. Sometimes they're on counterfeit slabs. [/B] I don't assume a coin without a CAC is worth less than one with it. I have passed up many coins with a CAC sticker to buy one without a sticker. The reason I passed on those coins with a CAC sticker is that the strike wasn't great, ugly toning, finger prints and other very basic reasons. The same reasons I would have passed on many coins without a sticker. Also there are a lot of coins sitting in collections that people can't be bothered to send out to CAC. A common coin with a CAC sticker who cares. An extremely rare coin with a CAC sticker on it again who cares. A CAC sticker on a 1794 or a 1804 silver dollar really! Think about it folks. CAC is being hyped by a lot of dealers right now as the only coins worth buying. It's a marketing tool nothing more. Is a CAC sticker indicating a high end coin for the grade given sometimes Yes sometimes No. From what I understand a CAC sticker only means that someone other than a grading service has looked at the coin and they agree with the grade on the slab. [B]Bottom line buy the coin not the sticker or the plastic. [/B] PCGS, NGC & CAC have done more to help the hobby than anything done in the last 100 years. However, just to assume a coin with a CAC sticker is better than one without a sticker is wrong.[/QUOTE]
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