Guess the CAC: 10 coin submission

jtlee321 · July 13, 2017 7:27PM

I sent in a 10 coin submission to CAC recently and I just got the email with the results. No big money coins here and a lot of you might call them dreck. I'm trying to refine my eye and my grading abilities with some of the more common coins. Hopefully one day my budget will allow me to expand into the big boys pool. LOL But for now, I'm having fun. All comments are welcome including those questioning why I would send these in.

Guess which passed and which did not.

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jtlee321 · July 13, 2017 7:30PM

The 1948-S Washington is one of my favorites in the group. If you look at the reverse, it has one of the strongest clashes I have ever seen in a Washington Quarter!

lusterlover · July 14, 2017 6:20AM

Y N Y Y N Y N N N Y

MsMorrisine · July 14, 2017 6:27AM

Gr X Gr Gr Go X Gr Gr Gr Go

ModCrewman · July 14, 2017 11:14AM

1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 get the CAC IMHO.

TwoSides2aCoin · July 14, 2017 11:26AM

I'm guessing you like the coins. That's as far as I will go out on this limb.

panexpoguy · July 14, 2017 11:30AM

1 3 4 5(gold) 9 10(gold)

cameonut2011 · July 14, 2017 12:47PM

Exceed/gold
Not CAC
Pass
Pass
Exceed/gold
Pass
Pass (Hard to tell from image - cannot measure depth of reflectivity either, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt)
Not CAC
Pass
Not CAC

USMarine6 · July 14, 2017 1:37PM

5 jumps out at me as being a touch undergraded

DoubleJCoins · July 14, 2017 1:43PM

3 4 5 6 8 10 passes is my guess

ricko · July 15, 2017 8:43AM

2, 4, 10...Not CAC.... Cheers, RickO

jtlee321 · July 15, 2017 12:02PM

Sorry for the delay in the reveal. There was a 24 hour bug going through the house and yesterday was my turn to get it. It really sucks getting sick in the summer time and then to add it to everything else that's been going on. I'm ready for some better luck.

Anyway's a lot really good guesses. I was shocked when I opened the email and saw the results below, I was hoping for around 60% again, like last time.

cameonut2011 · July 15, 2017 12:34PM

Did they give you a reason that number 8 did not sticker? I was surprised by that one; I thought it had stickered. I was also surprised by the blast white quarter in NGC 66 which I felt was a strong 65.

ironmanl63 · July 15, 2017 12:51PM

Awesome results. That is very impressive.

USMarine6 · July 15, 2017 12:51PM

Nothing wrong with those percentages. Good eye on picking out the quality.

Rollerman · July 15, 2017 4:30PM

I opened this too late, because as I scrolled down to vote, I saw the results. I had all but two of them as CAC'ed.

jtlee321 · July 15, 2017 4:54PM

@cameonut2011 said:
Did they give you a reason that number 8 did not sticker? I was surprised by that one; I thought it had stickered. I was also surprised by the blast white quarter in NGC 66 which I felt was a strong 65.

I did request feedback on the coins that did not pass. I was told there is a note included in my return shipment to call them. I was a bit surprised by #8 not passing either.

My biggest surprise was the '38-D Buffalo getting a gold, I was on the fence on whether it would even get a green. I sent it in because it is an unattributed D/D RPM-002. So it turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. The 1947-S Washington is an unattributed S/S FS-501 and I sent it in for the fun of it. It actually looks better in hand than the images show and I was a bit surprised it was give the green.

All the NGC coins are the old no line fattie holders with the exception of the '47-S Washington and 64PL '81-S Morgan.

Now to start focusing on less common coins and see if I can keep decent percentages.

cameonut2011 · July 15, 2017 5:48PM

@jtlee321 said:

@cameonut2011 said:
Did they give you a reason that number 8 did not sticker? I was surprised by that one; I thought it had stickered. I was also surprised by the blast white quarter in NGC 66 which I felt was a strong 65.

I did request feedback on the coins that did not pass. I was told there is a note included in my return shipment to call them. I was a bit surprised by #8 not passing either.

My biggest surprise was the '38-D Buffalo getting a gold, I was on the fence on whether it would even get a green. I sent it in because it is an unattributed D/D RPM-002. So it turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. The 1947-S Washington is an unattributed S/S FS-501 and I sent it in for the fun of it. It actually looks better in hand than the images show and I was a bit surprised it was give the green.

All the NGC coins are the old no line fattie holders with the exception of the '47-S Washington and 64PL '81-S Morgan.

Now to start focusing on less common coins and see if I can keep decent percentages.

Based on the photo, the Buffalo is an easy 66 by today's standards, and I would not be surprised to see it go 66+ or 67. If the variety is worth a large premium, it may be worth to have this one regraded even if that means losing the gold bean.

cameonut2011 · July 15, 2017 5:49PM

P.S. Congratulations on the results!

ricko · July 16, 2017 7:54AM

Congratulations on the outstanding results... I was certainly way off.... I guess I have to send my eyeballs to JA for re-calibration... Cheers, RickO

jtlee321 · July 16, 2017 11:23AM

@ricko said:
Congratulations on the outstanding results... I was certainly way off.... I guess I have to send my eyeballs to JA for re-calibration... Cheers, RickO

I think what threw you off is the tarnish.

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5 jumps out at me as being a touch undergraded

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