has the market been established for CACG variety attributed coins?
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After suffering inconsistent treatment on variety attributions from another TPG I am considering joining the CACG collector club. My question is whether a market exists for CACG variety attributed coins. The coin I am considering sending is a 2 feather buffalo nickel. My experience, and the numbers bear out for this date, is that PCGS is where you want(ed) your coins attributed. The PCGS population for this particular date looks to be about 20. NGC has graded 1. To date, he CACG POP for the date is 3, with one straight grade. Does the collective think CACG will catch up in popularity for variety attribution?
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If the prices are related to registry sets of varieties, then the answer depends on how competitive the registry sets are on the PCGS vs. CACG platforms.
I haven't seen very many of these.
CACG is committed to getting varieties right the first time, NGC has a bad reputation for varieties, and PCGS has momentum. Whether there's a market for CACG varieties of a specific type is best known by the specialists. Registries will have a lot to do with it.
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ANACS has the best record by far. Biggest library, Highest accuracy, speed, diversity, more coins attributed than all others combined.
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I have seen some CACG varieties that are relatively common, go for a bit more than PCGS varieties. I picked an 1858 large letters/ low leaves for a friend and when he sold it on GC, it went for a lot more than expected. That was enough to inspire me to send a group to CACG for attribution services.
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I've only heard complaining about PCGS for the last 2+ years. NGC has gotten all of my varieties right 100% of the time.
PCGS is batting 0% for me.
This is an R6 die marriage. They were fine with it…………...
Specialists seem to be bidding up the variety attributed CACG coins.
On another Obversation - The Witter Brick CACG coins have seen high demand and are fun to acquire. Many are in the hunt for them.
I looked and they do bring good money