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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8052076, member: 105098"]I think there might be some confusion over what CAC does or doesn't do. the website says:</p><p>"Within each number of the coin grading scale is a small range of condition from low-end to high-end. Certified coins of the same grade can be of varying quality. Many of today’s collectors want coins that are solid or premium quality for their assigned grade. CAC holds coins to a higher standard so you can be confident in the value of yours. We verify previously graded coins … and award our sticker only to those coins that meet the standard for today’s selective buyer."</p><p><br /></p><p>and elsewhere on the site </p><p>"coin dealers and advanced collectors have used the letters A, B, and C among themselves to further describe coins. C indicates low-end for the grade, B indicates solid for the grade, and A indicates high-end. CAC will only award stickers to coins in the A or B category. C coins, although accurately graded, will be returned without a CAC sticker."</p><p><br /></p><p>green bean for a B, Gold bean for a A. </p><p><br /></p><p>it not so much of a "will it CAC or not?" as it is "is this coin premium quality for the grade it was given compared to it's peersof like coins in this grade, or is it average or low for it's grade?"</p><p>that's what determines a bean or not. also if they have already beaned nicer coins, then they might have set the bar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8052076, member: 105098"]I think there might be some confusion over what CAC does or doesn't do. the website says: "Within each number of the coin grading scale is a small range of condition from low-end to high-end. Certified coins of the same grade can be of varying quality. Many of today’s collectors want coins that are solid or premium quality for their assigned grade. CAC holds coins to a higher standard so you can be confident in the value of yours. We verify previously graded coins … and award our sticker only to those coins that meet the standard for today’s selective buyer." and elsewhere on the site "coin dealers and advanced collectors have used the letters A, B, and C among themselves to further describe coins. C indicates low-end for the grade, B indicates solid for the grade, and A indicates high-end. CAC will only award stickers to coins in the A or B category. C coins, although accurately graded, will be returned without a CAC sticker." green bean for a B, Gold bean for a A. it not so much of a "will it CAC or not?" as it is "is this coin premium quality for the grade it was given compared to it's peersof like coins in this grade, or is it average or low for it's grade?" that's what determines a bean or not. also if they have already beaned nicer coins, then they might have set the bar.[/QUOTE]
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