Will it CAC? #15 No Stars Half Dime Edition

Will it CAC? #15 No Stars Half Dime Edition. Graded VG10 by PCGS.

Be honest, is this coin getting a green bean or sent home in a body bag?

 

This coin is getting slaughtered in the voting. In case you're wondering why I sent it in at all, I tossed it in with 5 other coins I thought were a lock for the green sticker, as sort of "I might as well". Really the postage and insurance is what kills you on small submissions, so adding a long-shot coin here and there is no big deal.

Plus I asked for grading comments, so that should be interesting.

 

Good question.

I am trying to get a full CAC-approved Type set. Submitting to CAC was never about the value to me. It was just so that I had triple stamp of approvals for any coins included in my Type set.

Meaning, (1) approved by PCGS/NGC (2) approved by me (3) approved by CAC.

The end goal of course being sure that my coins are Authentic, problem free, graded within a reasonable range of the assigned grade, and attactive to me in various ways such as toning, circ cameo, blast white, old holders, etc.

In term of why a VG coin at all, well I have a sub-goal of having 1 coin of each of the numeric grades, from PO01 all the way to MS70.

Also, in terms of why VG, I am aiming for only coins I can "afford", so for me that is around $350 per coin max. So for this particular Type, the "No Stars" half dime, I need to be in the heavily circulated grades in general.

Certain coin Types, I can afford up to high MS, but for some series, I am down in the very low grades.

All that being said, the real reason I summitted the above coin, was that I accidentally won it for a low price, and I was already doing I submission so I tossed it in so I could get back CAC grader note in regards to the "Green stuff" and parallel scratches/ adjustment marks.

So the TLDR: I wanted to use this coin as a learning experience with CAC.

 

Yeah, I think your streak is going to continue.

 

Yeah, this coin did NOT sticker.

We all knew that was coming.

I dont think ALL the lines are scratches, I really did think most of these were adjustment marks, but in conjunction with other issues, its no wonder that it failed to bean. Like I said, this one was NOT a heartbreaker.





I do still really like the semi circ- cam effect this coin has, so the overall look I think it still a decent coin, just not good enough to keep in my Box-of-100 and certainly not premium enough for CAC.

Closure!