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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8224389, member: 73489"]I went over each of the coins in-depth for about 30 seconds on each side: 1928 MS-67....OBVERSE: a bit dirty with bagmarks in the field at 9 PM...2 die cracks (?) which I personally don't like at the bottom of Liberty's gown and a discoloartion mark extending from the "R"...REVERSE: Dark discoloration at 3 PM feathers and 9 PM rim. 1928 MS-66.....OBVERSE: Baggier than the MS-67, gouge at 6 PM.  REVERSE:  Rim is nicked all-around....bagmarks @ 8 PM. 1928 MS-66+CAC....OBVERSE: Pretty clean fields...REVERSE:  Discoloration along top of wings and at 9 PM.  "IN" inscription has circular blotch.  Discoloration below words at 6 PM. 1927 MS-67:   OBVERSE: Good fields, but blotch along left-side of gown (or plastic scratch ?).  Fields look OK but lighting may be hiding some bagmarks.  Left field has some scratches or die cracks (can't tell)...REVERSE:  Scratches/blotches at 6 PM look to be on holder, not coin so assuming that's the case, very clean reverse.  Some discoloration. 1908 NM MS-66+CAC: OBVERSE:  Fields are clean, though lighting may be hiding some bagmarks at 9PM.  REVERSE:  Blackish discolorations or dings across rays. NET-NET:  I think overall the quality was pretty good, the CAC coins definitely seemed solid for the grade and gold.  I didn't see any gross overgrades, or undergrades for that matter. You would think that by now most -- not all, but most -- large gold coins of high-quality  (including DEs) would have been resubmitted if they could have gotten a higher grade making the coin more valuable, esp. at "jump" grades. In fact....I wonder if it is possible to find out how many CAC stickers have been given out each year for various coins ?  If my thesis is right the numbers should be steady-to-declining.  If I'm wrong, they should be shooting up in numbers.[/QUOTE]

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