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Message:: [QUOTE="imrich, post: 7295431, member: 22331"]I personally don't know what unpublished standard is used by CAC, but when using the original "ILLUSTRATED A.N.A. U.S. COINS GRADING STANDARD" as my basis for buying, I've had significantly greater CAC acceptance. I talked with John when CAC was established, and was allowed "collector" submission status. I have thousands of "Green Bean" CACed coins, but very few "Gold Bean" coins. Yes, I would accept a lower tier TPG CAC accepted coin, as my many year break-out of lesser TPG coin has eventually resulted in better acceptance after CAC submission. I've submitted many normal process graded coins with a lesser acceptance to realize grading improvement upon re-submission. The past random grading evaluation by collectors, versus that by dealers, also supported my findings. I eventually suspended direct submission to TPG because of the rate of "details" return after submitting "cracked-out" graded coins, just purchasing previously CACed coins. The cost became prohibitive when selling, but some resubmitted coins came back with an appreciable grade which is easy for Type I Gold U.S. coins. JMHO[/QUOTE]