CAC Offering Free Stickering At Coinfest

I have to admit, it is a brilliant scheme. Evaluate all the same coins over again, millions of dollars to be made, all over again. Simple slabbing and certification is not generating enough revenue anymore, everyone needs a sticker now too. Start out by giving them out for free. Then build the fear that everyone needs a sticker on their coins. And we get not just 11 grades for mint state coins, which no one can agree upon, but now there will be 22 grades for mint state coins! Oh, I forgot the NGC coins must have "stars upon thars", so that brings the total of mint state grades to 44! Of course a split hair can still be split, so in a few years we will need the plus-plus designation, to bring it up to 88 grades for mint state coins, because everyone should have only certified star PQ++ coins in their collection.

How is this service going to work at the show? With so many coins floating around the CAC getting stickered do you leave your coins there or what?

Coinfest, for allowing the CAC into the show, your whole collection is CAC worthy. Of course, I'm joking. By the way, do you know how the stickers look like?

So is there a minimum value of the coin that has to be submitted? can I submit a sample slab. Moderns?

It is my understanding that only NGC and PCGS coins will be CAC acceptable and that moderns (post 1964) and sample slabs etc will not be accepted for evaluation.

Remember this system is by dealers for the benefit of dealers. Dealers (like JA) want to be able to buy coins sight unseen knowing that they are getting a quality coin for the grade. As it is right now only the most generic coins trade sight unseen and even then at a significant discount from where a sight seen coin would trade.

John is one of the strongest buyers of truly PQ coins and he has expressed disappointment in the dismal grading the last few years and he is trying to make his job easier. If he looks at a coin and evaluates it as PQ the he won't have to evaluate it again later if it comes back past him. I cannot fault him for trying to simplify his job. If he makes a buck in the process, I guess that doesn't bother me either, he is awfully good at what he does.

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I would suggest only higher end pq coins

sample slabs and moderns IMHO would be a waste of time

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Not to me, I just need an example of ANYTHING with the label on it so as to have a representative specimen of the label. Naturally I want it on something as cheap as possible. I don't want to waste money on an expensive coin I don't need just so I can have a label. I have too much trouble with that on some of the rare slabs now. Some slab varieties ONLY come with gold coins in them. The only specimen of the sixth generation of INS slab that I know of has a PROOF Half Cent in it.

I on the other hand will not be attending Coinfest, that's why I'm trying to find someone who can get a relatively inexpensive piece sticked.