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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1454660, member: 2972&quot;]For every coin I purchase at a coin show, I purchase 10 via the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>On those 10 coins, a grade and a sticker give me confidence to order the coin on approval.&nbsp; More confidence than a picture and a written description from the seller would give me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once I have the coin in hand, like most collectors I use my own two eyes to assess the coin and decide from there, but before it gets to me the slab grade and the presence of a CAC sticker both give me more confidence -- particularly when dealing with a seller with whom I&#039;ve had no or little interaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also add liquidity -- as anyone who has tried to sell expensive raw coins (with the possible exception of copper/EAC) can surely attest to.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the topic of this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>A CAC coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/93280556/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/93280557/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A coin denied the CAC sticker, but one I still think is an attractive and desirable coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55703235/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55703345/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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