CAC coins

[wheat'swheats]

What is the chance of NGC recognizing coins with A CAC designation like they do stars and pluses. It seems to me that all solid for the grade coins should increse points regardless of who the TPG is.

thanks wheat

[BLive1972]

Bump.....Good question and I'm also interested in finding out.

[AnkurJ]

That would be a great idea. However PCGS does not do it, so I would be surprised if NGC would consider it.

[brg5658]

The amount of work required by NGC to check/validate every certification number would be quite large.

 

PCGS and NGC both already have a "+" grading system which is used to denote an "in between" grade coin. This "+" is not equivalent to having a CAC bean on a non-plus coin.

 

Furthermore, a CAC bean is certainly not equal to an NGC star (which notes eye appeal, and says nothing about PQ for the assigned grade)...

 

Thus, they would have to create yet another level of scoring for a coin in grade XX with CAC vs. without CAC. This means that they would have to create a matrix scoring system for every combination of "+", "star", and "CAC". This amounts to a 8 different possible scores for EVERY grade level of a coin! Sounds like a nightmare to me.

 

For example, an MS64 coin would have separate points for:

 

MS64

MS64+

MS64★

MS64+★

MS64 CAC

MS64+ CAC

MS64★ CAC

MS64+★ CAC

 

Don't hold your breath, and if I were NGC I would not even entertain this idea. It is far too complicated and would open the flood gates to more complications (e.g., should Indian Head Cents and FE Cents with Rick Snow's Eagle Eye sticker be given more points?).