Lenient gold grading standards . . .

Where do you see rub?

 

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And this is why CAC is so popular especially in the deep end of the pool.

 

The way it reflects light at some angles on the hair around the crown made it looked like friction to me.

 

You don't need to regrade them for CAC to take a fresh look. I've had coins to fail that restickered upon resubmission in the same holder.

 

Yeah that's what their website says, but then even if true, what does that tell you about their consistency?

 

CAC is paralysis by excessive analysis. Do they boost prices, almost as if they were an extra half grade? Sure, but I refuse to take ownership of coin buyers' fetishes. Nuts is nuts, even when it works.

 

all things considered they're pretty consistent in my experience (every coin I've sent twice failed and the reason was identical each time talking to John after which may be the single biggest benefit of CAC...what a service). Of course there are going to be a percentage of coins that are borderline that may miss one day and make the next. To expect otherwise is crazy with how much subjectivity there is.

The better judge of CAC for myself is how many dogs have you seen with stickers on them? I've seen two blatant ones so far and that's it out of who knows how many thousands I've held. Coins that make it on a second submission are never going to be dogs because if they were they probably wouldn't be submitted once let alone twice.

But I buy mostly from pictures, I can understand those buying in person not being a fan.

 

CAC is just identifying coins that are high end for the grade in my opinion. It also prevents people from making mistakes who can't identify certain problems such as putty on a gold coin that was not caught when it was graded but has now turned.

I felt just like you when it first started but have changed my opinion over the years as I have seen the market evolve.

 

I've sent 1 CAC order in the past year. 8 coins. 3 of which I figured were gold CAC. I got 4 green stickers and 4 fails. After shipping and fees, that meant I paid $40 for each green sticker I got. It's a racket, unless you're a collector member.

 

Okay, sure, but that can apply to several services.

 

CAC’s OK in my book as long as I remember it’s a tool in my collecting toolbox and not some end-all, be-all.

 

What IS a be-all and end-all tool? The one you pick up to crack slabs, baby!

 

I suppose that breaking off a tooth means PQ.

 

"Talk to me, Goose."

 

I have and I can.

 

Seems to me that "teeth" may be individual-dependent to some extent. Fingernails too.