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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2732095, member: 69760&quot;]Yes, I stated it in a way that can be interpreted absolutely, which was not my intent. I should have emphasized the word &quot;probably&quot; in my first post. Since three independent professional graders agree on the coin&#039;s grade (2-3 from TPG, 1 or more from CAC - I&#039;m not sure how many look at it at CAC), even though a single numismatist collector may think it&#039;s better or worse than graded, it&#039;ll still <i>probably</i> regrade the same. I say &quot;probably&quot; not to mean that it will definitely happen for each individual coin, but that the majority of CAC coins will likely regrade the same. Do I have proof? No. But I&#039;d be the odd one out if I thought the grade was incorrect (though I may be correct, especially if they&#039;re giving the coin a quick 5 second glance).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hypothetically, if I do go through a bunch of CAC coins and self grade them, and they&#039;re all say, MS 63 w/ green CAC stickers, then most or even all will probably be self-graded as MS 63. Would I assume that it&#039;s MS-63 absolutely, sight unseen? No. I&#039;ll still look at the coin, esp. if I&#039;m interested in buying it. But at the end of the day, I&#039;d bet most of the grades are correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I don&#039;t mean this in a sight unseen manner, or assuming that the grade is correct without analyzing the coin itself. I browse online through hundreds of coins a day and look at the coins shown in the pics. If I&#039;m tired, and only want to look at certain &quot;Rattlers&quot;, I&#039;ll probably just put &quot;Rattler -CAC&quot; to weed out all CAC coins from the search as they tend to be overpriced and it&#039;ll save me some time. Are all CAC coins absolutely overpriced? No, but chances are they will be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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