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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RabidRick, post: 1987688, member: 37868&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, but *why* do coins like this make it through:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1875-S-Twenty-Cent-Piece-PCGS-MS65-CAC-/121420647208?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1c453c0b28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1875-S-Twenty-Cent-Piece-PCGS-MS65-CAC-/121420647208?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1c453c0b28" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1875-S-Twenty-Cent-Piece-PCGS-MS65-CAC-/121420647208?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1c453c0b28</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The GRADING part I understand. Yeah, okay -- it&#039;ll grade, it hasn&#039;t been messed with and the detail / preservation is there. I thought the purpose of CAC was to ensure things like EYE APPEAL along with the proper grade for sight-unseen coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I paid for that thing sight-unseen I would probably return it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I just lack the refined tastes of a professional numismatist, or would someone need to be tripping on mushrooms to see that as a &quot;beautiful coin?&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind, I like toned coins but the ones that are like... asthetically pleasing. A coin that looks like it was well-preserved in an industrial chimney just doesn&#039;t have that &quot;eye appeal&quot; I&#039;d hope for, reading about CAC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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