PCGS US Coin Forum stickering the CAC unstickerable.
CAC fills a rather wide niche in the coin market but understandably can't review everything. It would be a daunting task, probably beyond their ability in both volume of submissions and knowledge base. I suppose that is at least a partial reasoning for why they limit themselves as they do.
Who knows how well received my proposal will be and if anyone will participate, but it's meant for fun and entertainment only, nothing serious and hopefully nothing for anyone to get upset over. Members can post some sort of PCGS graded Numismatic item, preferably with a TrueView image and the grade(to save us the time of checking) and then members can give it a "Green" or a "Gold" sticker by using the like and agree buttons. Like=green and Agree=gold, the "lol" button can serve as a rejection. I know many members have some very exquisite Exonumia, so if nothing else we'll get to see some cool stuff.
To keep things easy I would suggest that each member who posts something only shows one image/post and that no one tries to post too many different items. I'll start with the first post, but if everyone thinks it's a stupid idea just hit the "lol" button here and I'll understand.
Al H.
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I thought you were talking about a CAC type service for moderns. Certainly there is a market for that type of service.
they are certainly acceptable here, I only mentioned Exonumia since CAC tends to cover most US standard issues.
Might be fun, but any serious evaluation would require an in-hand evaluation of the item. It's too easy to hide stuff in photos.
that's why I suggested TV's to at least have a little consistency. the key word was fun......................but in the very short term it seems to be going over like a lead balloon.
Here is a thread you can check out that had a similar idea (although it used coins that are accepted by CAC):
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/to-cac-or-not-to-cac-official-game-thread.355470/
I like your idea too and it will be interesting to see if this takes off.
My vote was a "green" for your squared quarter. The picture suggests it is solid for the grade (in my view).
I like the idea too, especially since CAC only does proof Jeffs. My pics since I don't have any TVs. It's PCGS-67 (R40).
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
What if we don't have a TV? And what if its not PCGS graded, CAC does sticker NGC also?
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Ok just for the fun of it, photos by Mark Goodman so at least as good as a TV.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
anytime you split something you have winners and losers. While CAC isn't part of the losers on this one, the hobby is. For there to be an "A" the world needs a lot of Cs and to have downward pressure on the vast majority of the hobby's assets isn't a great news story for the vast majority of the hobby's collectors even if liquidity is impacted more than values.
Let us call it value deflation and it affects holders of said coins greatly. Compared to grade inflation which hurts dealers by limiting the value of their "PQ" coins. At least that is what we hear over and over by the dealers who lament against that while maintaining that CAC is great for collectors who are impacted similarly. Some people simply focus too much on the money and not enough on the hobby.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I will post one... sorry, no TruViews...Cheers, RickO
It already exists in the form of the QA sticker. Doesn't have the clout of CAC, but some people seem to use it.
Bit off track but don't forget about the Eye Appeal service, not sure how anyone could afford to use it but it is another sticker option.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
1698 Half Crown graded MS64. A great numismatic treasure... just not likely within the scope of what you contemplated here. On the other hand, something was referenced as to "beyond their ability in both volume of submissions and knowledge base."
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This will be my last one posted here-
1826 8 Reales (Durango Mint) graded AU53. This a closer call in terms of having a greater claim to being within the scope as 8 Reales were accepted in the United States until 1857.
Have some fun with this one...
EDITED with the following but leaving the prior text intact... This an AU50 - not 53- My mistake and my apologies for the error
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I used to own this one, but sold it to HJB.
Jim
Edited to add: Had conserved by NGC.
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That's got to be the uglisest thing I've ever seen posted on this site. Thanks for sharing!
That coin will give Ricko nightmares for weeks.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
[runs back to dark side]
My Saint Set
Or maybe a Zeppelin?
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Doesn't need a dip but a bit of slab renew certainly wouldn't hurt. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
Here is a bust quarter with the well known L countermark. CAC does not accept these, PCGS only grade them in the last 2 years, I crossed it from a NGC 53. It is bean worthy?
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1936 Peso Commem- Trueview attached and the grade is MS65+
I know I wrote that the 8R was going to be the last one but at that time I thought there would be more coins posted. So have fun with this one. I think Philippine coinage prior to 1945 is out of the realm of what CAC accepts and I anticipate someone will here will correct me if I am wrong.
As a disclaimer all three coins posted in this thread were purchased raw and submitted
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What does the "L" counter stamp represent?
What does the "L" counter stamp represent?
there is a variety of speculation centered around a religious group and "awards" at a "College" but nothing definitive enough to say with any certainty. the most correct answer is that nobody knows but the Numismatic community has accepted the coins as valuable and collectible.