HELLO! .... Two (2) Very Necessary Questions to Pose To You All re "VALUE".........

In response to question one, my view is that a broad percentage is the wrong way to look at it. Some CAC certified coins are dogs and I don't think the sticker brings much more $. I prefer to look at the value proposition of the sticker as being one that provides the owner with better liquidity if/when one wishes to sell the coin. The best option, in my opinion, is to buy coins (that you think are accurately graded with good eye appeal) without the bean and submit them to CAC to get the bean.

With gold, the value proposition for a bean is significant. That is because the sticker signifies that the coin's surfaces have not likely been manipulated (puttied) to hide flaws and earn a higher grade designation.

 

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Whether stickered or not slabbed or raw every coin should be evaluated if it's top,middle or bottom of its grade, and people that refuse to pay a higher price for a top of grade coin will usually have nothing but bottom of the grade coins in their holdings.

 

I don't think that's true. CAC has no special access to the coin, they are viewing it through the plastic just like the rest of us...

 

So, a TPG grade represents that two out of two, or two out of three professional graders agree on a grade. Then CAC ether agrees with the two TPG graders, or disagrees and thinks that the TPG under graded the coin. What if you then take the coin to Joe at 7-Eleven and ask his opinion? Would adding another sticker add more gravitas to the grade?

Buy the coin not the slab;
Sell the slab not the coin.