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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 683286, member: 15309&quot;]Charmy,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand your point, but IMO most average collectors can&#039;t grade very well at all.&nbsp; It would be nice if everyone could learn how to grade, but it is not an easy thing to do and because of the inherent subjectivity, it is never concrete.&nbsp; I think the registries are responsible for bringing many more collectors to our great hobby.&nbsp; And although some or most of them may be coin robots, they would simply be coin idiots without the TPG&#039;s.&nbsp; I will take a coin robot over a coin idiot any day.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the CAC, you know that I asked the boys at CRO to submit my MS65 Lafayette Dollar to the CAC prior to purchasing the coin.&nbsp; This is not an 1881-S Morgan Dollar that I can simply rely on my experience of viewing thousands of coins.&nbsp; I had never seen an MS65 Lafayette Dollar before and there is no way to reasonably expect that I would know how to grade the coin.&nbsp; Here is a photo (courtesy of Mark Goodman) of the coin in question.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/LafayetteDollar1900PCGSMS65Duvall3-.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was concerned that the coin was an MS64 that was bumped up to an MS65 because of the eye appeal of the piece.&nbsp; My concerns were two fold, the mark on Washington&#039;s cheek and the pull away toning between the A &amp; M in AMERICA.&nbsp; For these reasons, I asked that Dave Wnuck (CRO) submit the coin to the CAC for review.&nbsp; My terms were as follows.&nbsp; If the coin stickered, I would agree to buy the coin at the price listed on their website reserving the option to return upon seeing the coin in hand.&nbsp; If the coin did not sticker, I would establish credit and they would send the coin to me on approval at which point I would decide either to pass or make and offer on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave quickly agreed to send the coin to the CAC.&nbsp; The coin did not sticker but JA gave his reason on a red sticker that he placed on the holder.&nbsp; He indicated that the coin was an MS65 but the obverse toning was too dark in his opinion to merit a good for the grade sticker (see photo below).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Commemoratives/040909.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At this point Dave sent the coin to me on approval.&nbsp; After seeing the coin in hand I offered to pay 10% below the list price and the consignor of the coin agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my question for you.&nbsp; Do you think that when dealing with high price coins of this level that a customer asking for a CAC opinion is wrong?&nbsp; My opinion is that it becomes a service issue at this price level.&nbsp; If you have someone willing to make that large of a purchase, you would want them to return to you as a customer in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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