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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6299632, member: 73489&quot;]But that&#039;s tough/impossible to do, GD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean....if I see a coin that I really like and then see that the actual grade is far lower, my first thought isn&#039;t that I should ignore it and I mentally graded it (&quot;liked&quot; it) correctly....instead, I figure I missed something.</p><p><br /></p><p>OTOH, if I am currently seeing 2 similar Saints.....each in an OGH.....each close in price....one is CAC the other is not (maybe it hasn&#039;t been submitted but maybe it was and failed).&nbsp; If the coins are practically identical and if I really see no major difference in price, why not get the CAC, right ?</p><p>On some coin types, I can grade pretty good...but grading correctly requires years of experience and thousands of hours of grading thousands of coins....and my HOBBY hasn&#039;t allowed me that level of intensity. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were rich and retired, maybe. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m not.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great points.</p><p>If you saw 2 coins, looked identical, but they each came with the holders I listed above, would you have a preference or you wouldn&#039;t care ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also...even if YOU wouldn&#039;t care....<i>might you think the person you are going to sell it to in 6 months or 6 years or 20 years might care ?</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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