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I recently covered the American classic wheat cent series in an article for my website. I wanted to share one of the most fascinating wheat cents of the entire series which is the 1922-D (No D) issue. An interesting piece of wheat cent lore is that in 1922 only one mint actually struck cents that being the Denver mint. Numismatists early on established that something was "off" about this particular run of coins. It turns out the mint in Denver was under a lot of pressure to strike cents that year and quality issues abounded. It is believed that the "Missing" or "Ghost" mintmark variety occurred as a result of first a die clash occuring which is when the obverse and reverse die smack into one another without a coin in between. This will imprint detail that otherwise shouldn't be there into subsequent coins struck. In order to correct a badly clashed die, a mint worker is believed to have simply grabbed an old old obverse die which he filed down to improve the appearance. Unfortunately he filed the mintmark too much and it wasn't long into production that the deterioration of the die lead to no mintmarks being visible at all. Some issues have visible D's, others have weak D's, and the rarest of all the No D is the one that commands the most premium. My colleague recently certified one of the finest known 1922-D (No D) Lincoln Cents in the world. It was graded MS65 by CAC Grading. Dempsey & Baxter are offering this coin for $31,250

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For decades coin grading has been dominated by the generalization that NGC and PGCS are the top grading companies in Numismatics. This isn't necessarily conjecture alone as APR - Auction Prices Realized have long shown that the best coins end up graded by one of the two giants with ANACS and ICG fighting for smaller pieces of the market share. CAC, to this point has been a peer review source for certified coins but a highly respected one at that. The prices garnered by the "Green Bean" of approval are often 20% or more than a coin would receive without the CAC approval. Now CAC is taking the next step and becoming its own grading company. This will certainly add additional competition to the coin grading marketplace giving customers even more choices in collecting and coin custodianship. We look forward to what the future holds!

CAC Grading Service planned for start in 2023 A new grading alternative will be offered in 2023 as CAC Grading Service will develop from the existing Certified Acceptance Corp. with a focus on accuracy and education to benefit consumers.