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Message:: [QUOTE="Mark T, post: 867546, member: 20061"]I have been collecting coins for 40 years. During that time I took a break of 20 years from 1988 up until 2 years ago when I started to collect again . It was a steep leaning curve but I spent a lot of time educating myself to get back up to speed. When I started buying coins again early in 2008 I was one of those guys who believed what ever was on the slab . That changed quickly as I began to educate myself on how the hobby had evolved over the years and that the TPG’s do get it wrong a lot. Buying site unseen has a lot of pitfalls so I have Mark Feld pre screen all of my major purchases prior to me bidding . Mark has a sharp eye and knows what to look for in a coin as well as what I am looking for . I usually do not ask him to pre screen the CAC stuff for reasons that should be obvious from all my past posts :-} . For me CAC is added insurance that the coin I am buying is properly graded. I do have coins that CAC has rejected that I keep in my collection for the simple reason that I like them , all the others I sell.[/QUOTE]