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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 26707679, member: 42034&quot;]While not an expert, I can only claim to have attempted to buy Classic Head gold. The 1838 is not a &quot;C&quot; i.e. a branch mint with striking problems, so there should be well-struck ones existing.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/1838-AU58_strike.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Looking at HA for grades 58 &amp; up, here&#039;s the 1st one I saw, an 1838 plain in NGC-58. Looks fully struck up to me?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was recently (Nov 2025) told when visiting a major auction firm that one of the grading companies fired a bunch of graders and replaced them with lower-cost junior people. At the January FUN show, I stopped by the CAC booth as I was unfamiliar with the fact that CAC was now it&#039;s own independent company. The CAC people were extremely unfriendly - I guess not used to dealing with people? Anyhow CAC is apparently now incharge of slabbing their own coinage. There are some collectors who are only looking for CAC coinage. Now I&#039;m just an engineer/ scientitst, but it would seem to me that that might introduce a bias to &quot;CAC&quot; coins so as to make them saleable?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a comparison. 1838 Quarter Eagle, AU 55, CAC</p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/1838-CAC.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>same, but non-CAC, nearly half-price.</p><p><img src="https://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/1838-non_CAC.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Yes gold went up in 2 years, but not this much for 0.12095 of an oz.</p><p>I should mention that the weights may be off. Beginning in 1837 the gold was increased from .8992 to .9000 so Classics from &#039;37 on should be heavier if the same size was used. Else they&#039;d be smaller, but someone, owning both, should check &amp; report back here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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