Since green stickers are given to “A” and “B” coins, I was curious:
1. How does one know if their green stickered coin is an “A” or a “ B”?
2. If a green stickered coin upgrades to the next higher grade, and then gets another green sticker at the new higher grade, is it safe to assume that the lower graded coin was an “A” and the higher graded coin is now a “B”?
Comments
2. If CAC believes that a coin grades one point finer and would receive a green sticker in that higher grade, CAC will anoint a gold sticker.
A green bean indicates that CAC deems a coin above average for the grade or (rarely) under-graded by a grade but would not be green beaned in that higher grade.
Read my p.s. above. But generally, CAC has been amazingly consistent with my coins even when the coins are regraded and serial numbers changed.
your comment here to share that "CAC has been amazingly consistent" is super valuable for us to see
really good to know
Reread my comment. I said that A coins "COULD" be under-graded, not definitely are. Thus, my post was correct.
JA is the Wayne Gretzky/Babe Ruth/Michael Jordan of rare coin grading. He knows his subject better than anyone else on the planet. After all, he is the lone FINALIZER for CAC, which is by far the market's most accepted determiner of PQ status. Thus, he alone sets the standard. In my view, he does a consistently accurate, UNBIASED job of it. He will buy his rare mistake off the market (a de facto grading guarantee).
We agree we regularly read that grades are divided into A, B, and C coins. If instead they were divided into A,B,C, and D coins, and CAC would sticker A and B coins, but not C and D, then one can say the green bean deems a coin above average, but that is not the case.
Steve
MY REPLY: I should have said that A coins that are GREEN beaned could be under-graded by one grade but would not be greened in that higher grade. JA's description of GOLD beans implies this.
So you really believe that JA said what you say he said?
Steve