This story is meant to be humorous. It represents the story of a coin that I had high hopes for in terms of CAC success. I was disappointed with the results and left with the question of what did they see that I and several others did not? I've heard that John has a good sense of humor and thought he and the rest of the CAC team might get a laugh out of this, at least I hope. I think in the end, this may represent many out there who have sent a particular coin in and ended up with results that they didn't expect. I hope it can bring a smile to some faces and possibly some laughs. So enjoy...
It started at a local show, looking over the bourse for that great pick of a coin. My budget not being very large, I came across a gorgeous coin that appeared to be very undergraded and affordable.
Upon asking the opinions of many others the consensus was...
After getting home I looked at it under my grading lamp and thought...
I liked it so much that I thought it deserved a
So I packaged it up and sent it to the man who can make dreams come true
After several weeks of anxious waiting, the results came in and the opinion was
I was blown away, it was
I must have
After starting the six stages of grief my first emotion was
It made me want to
I felt like I had just
After throwing a fit and finally settling down
I realized it was not the
Even though it did not get a sticker, I still think the coin looks
And I will keep it in my collection
Comments
Before I saw the coin’s grade, based on my very brief, initial glance, I was thinking 66 or 66+. After seeing the coin’s grade, based on a longer look at the images, I was thinking 66 or 66+.
you might have recognized the coin from a GTG I did over on the CU forum. Many members had guessed between 66 and 67. I thought it was a lock for a gold bean, but I'm sure it has something that JA and crew did not like. I forgot to ask for feedback on coins that did not get a sticker, plus I had sent in quite a few and knew they were very swamped. I may have to resub it sometime and ask for feedback on just this one coin. If I can find out what held it back, I can keep an eye out for the issue later. That's one of the great reasons for submitting to CAC is it's a very inexpensive education in learning to develop a grading eye.
Surf
Hilarious post by the way.
As with grading, stickering is subjective. Could be anything that caused it not to pass and there are plenty of reasonable guesses here.
This may be the wrong forum on which to post it due to the strange lack of a sense of humor by its users and wealthy coin collectors/dealers in general. They even got upset when I joked about fried chicken!