--Poll: If you have a coin that is not quite there for a re-grade up one, which would you prefer?**

Goldbully · October 8, 2012 9:08AM

Which upgrade is the most valuable to a collector?

RYK · October 8, 2012 9:13AM

I like the + AND the CAC. You can have your cake and eat it, too. I am not a huge fan of the *.

If it is an OGH, I just send it for a possible sticker.

Rampage · October 8, 2012 9:19AM

You should revise your poll, because NGC gives plus grades, too, as well as a star. It is possible to have a coin at NGC grade MS66+*, for example.

BryceM · October 8, 2012 9:22AM

It depends on your intent. If you are trying to maximize a coin's resale potential on the open market, I'd shoot for plus and CAC in no particular order. If this is a coin you intend to keep, I'd just enjoy it as-is. You can always run it through the mill again at some future date when it gets close to sale time.

Still, the answer is situationally dependent. A sticker or plus means an enormous amount if you're talking about Barber Halves in MS66 grades. Here, I think the "plus" is better. If you're talking about common-date Peace Dollars in MS64, it really doesn't mean much and getting either "upgrade" is mostly an academic exercise. Remember though that it's all subjective. Grading is very consistent when considering large numbers of coins, but darn-near anything can happen to a single coin on any given day.

Goldbully · October 8, 2012 9:45AM

<< You should revise your poll, because NGC gives plus grades, too, as well as a star. It is possible to have a coin at NGC grade MS66+*, for example. >>

Thanks, I will.

Timbuk3 · October 8, 2012 9:50AM

PCGS + and CAC gold !!!

mkman123 · October 8, 2012 9:52AM

Doesn't matter, I buy the coin not the holder. If the ngc star looks better than the pcgs +, I choose the ngc coin and vice versa. No kool aid for me.

illini420 · October 8, 2012 9:59AM

I don't consider a CAC sticker an upgrade, it just confirms the accuracy of the grade on the holder in the opinion of those that put the sticker on the slab. But a plus is defintiely an upgrade. And I think a star would be as well.

smokincoin · October 8, 2012 10:10AM

<< Doesn't matter, I buy the coin not the holder. If the ngc star looks better than the pcgs +, I choose the ngc coin and vice versa. No kool aid for me. >>

<< I don't consider a CAC sticker an upgrade... >>

coinbuf · October 8, 2012 11:43AM

<< I don't consider a CAC sticker an upgrade, it just confirms the accuracy of the grade on the holder in the opinion of those that put the sticker on the slab. But a plus is defintiely an upgrade. And I think a star would be as well. >>

While I agree with this logic the market so far has added alot of value for a bean in many instances.

BaronVonBaugh · October 8, 2012 12:10PM

<< I don't consider a CAC sticker an upgrade, it just confirms the accuracy of the grade on the holder in the opinion of those that put the sticker on the slab. But a plus is defintiely an upgrade. And I think a star would be as well. >>

In addition CAC will not consider everything that NGC & PCGS will grade. I really don't understand why CAC has managed to do so well. I have no CAC stickers. I will not bid more for a coin with a sticker. Most of the coins I have were acquired before CAC started.

GeorgeKellogg · October 8, 2012 12:20PM

If the coin was, for example, a 1955 Lincoln Double-Die Obverse, I would prefer it in a PCGS Secure holder, with a plus designation. I would also try to get an Eagle Eye sticker and a CAC bean. Then I would put on my Mattel Greenie Stik-M-Cap and the coin would be dynamite.

Elcontador · October 8, 2012 1:04PM

Re CAC - It depends on the coin and series. I wouldn't pay a premium for a Liberty Nickel in PC 6 with a sticker, because they sticker quite a few of them. I would pay a premium on a coin with a CAC sticker that is an Unc. Classic Large Cent or an AU Bust $, because you rarely see stickers on these coins. The preceding sentence is contingent on my agreeing with CAC re the coin being solid for the grade (which usually, but does not always happen).

I can't comment re the plus, because I don't think it has penetrated the market enough to date for me to have an opinion on it.

johnny9434 · October 9, 2012 5:49AM

<< PCGS + and CAC gold !!! >>

i like your thinking

renomedphys · October 9, 2012 7:33AM

Personally I would pay hecka more for a plus than a CAC sticker, but the poll results are telling. I guess I'd be a fool not to sticker my coins prior to a sale, as it would seem there is no shortage bean suckers in the marketplace.

PQueue · October 9, 2012 7:41AM

It depends on the existing holder, the series, and the color of the sticker sought.

lkeigwin · October 9, 2012 8:54AM

<< Personally I would pay hecka more for a plus than a CAC sticker, but the poll results are telling. I guess I'd be a fool not to sticker my coins prior to a sale, as it would seem there is no shortage bean suckers in the marketplace. >>

Matt, are you still removing the beans from their holders? I thought I read that in one of your posts some time ago.
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