I had a couple of thoughts watching this video -
First, we don't know how many coins were submitted to CACG. Is Daniel showing 100% of the coins submitted for cross-grading, or were hundreds of coins submitted and a few dozen are cherry-picked for this video?
Secondly, I agree with CACG on some of those "environmental damage" classifiers - those coins were clearly not stored in appropriate environmental conditions. I know people like "toning", but some of those "toned" coins seemed a bit much. It's so easy to artificially "tone" coins (even coins that are already slabbed) through poor storage (or intentionally toning). If CACG's decision is to be stricter about that, I can understand that perspective. Also, some of those coins might have toned after being graded and slabbed by the other TPGs.
I value having multiple opinions in the
TPG space. If you disagree with CACG grading, go to PCGS or NGC.
And then there's the whole "buy the coin, not the holder".
I'm very interested to see how things play out. I think it is still too early to tell.