Post Your Gold CAC Coins

What is the difference between the gold and green stickers?

"The CAC GREEN Label signifies that a coin has met Certified Acceptance Corporation's stringent grading standards."

https://www.caccoin.com/

The Gold CAC sticker means that the coin EXCEEDS their standards.

Yeah, having another level on top of the green stickers is completely unnecessary to me and creates a problem. Okay, so green means strong for its grade. Gold can only mean it actually grades higher than it did and may actually be strong for that higher grade. So is the TPG correct or CAC? Is CAC applying an eye appeal standard with several levels within a single grade? Where do "+" grades fall in comparison to green and gold? What would an MS-67+ Gold CAC look like and what should it actually grade without the marketing?

That hypothetical then leads to the fictional slab labeling mentioned that Earle42 created. There's no end. By creating levels of acceptance, CAC has become a TPG in itself. The 70-point scale seems to be completely inadequate.

At minimum it has to be something they would sticker at the next highest grade for a gold sticker. They don't just give gold for something they think would be a low end upgrade.




That's up to the person to decide, most think CAC is when it comes to gold stickers as they are so rare and so stingy with them.




+ grades are irrelevant for green vs gold. Gold means it is undergraded in their eyes




It would look like a lock very nice 68 and more likely a 69. Golds at that grade range are like EXTREMELY rare.




It always has been because of a fatal flaw from day one. It isn't a 70 point scale at all. It's a scale of 1-58+, that has a scale of 60-70 sitting on top of it. The whole hard line of friction limiting something to a 58+ is dissapearing and that if there is no friction it has to be a 60 or better is also fading, but many still hold onto that idea.

It should have always been a continuous scale instead of two separate ones combined into one.




CAC yes, JA the man behind CAC and the reason why it has been so successful has been a leading expert for decades. He was also one of the founders of PCGS and NGC. People have tried to replicate CAC, none have come close to the widespread market acceptance CAC has.

You would honestly have to call them and ask, which is an interesting question. My guess would be no from what I do know.

They do consider the designations in what they sticker, but I cannot give you firm information on whether or not golds have ever been used to affirm a higher designation alone.