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Coins Accepted for Grading
Below you will find the coins that CAC accepts for grading submissions.
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CAC Grading
1716 Corporate Landing Parkway
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
U.S. Coins
Half Cents All Dates (1793-1857)
Large Cents All Dates (1793-1857)
Small Cents All Dates (1856-Present)
Two Cent All Dates (1864-1873)
Three Cent All Dates (1851-1873)
Half Dimes All Dates (1792-1873)
Five Cent All Dates (1866-Present)
Dimes All Dates (1796-Present)
Twenty Cent All Dates (1875-1878)
Quarter Dollar All Dates (1796-Present)
Half Dollars All Dates (1794-Present)
Dollars All Dates (1794-Present)
$1 Gold All Dates (1849-1889)
$2.50 Gold All Dates (1796-1929)
$3 Gold All Dates (1854-1889)
$4 Stella All Dates (1879-1880)
$5 Gold All Dates (1795-1929)
$10 Gold All Dates (1838-1933)
$20 Gold All Dates (1849-1933)
Silver Commemoratives All Dates (1892-1954)
Gold Commemoratives All Dates (1892-1954)
Modern Commemoratives All Dates (1982-Present)
American Gold Buffalos All Dates (2006-Present)
American Silver Eagles All Dates (1986-Present)
American Gold Eagles All Dates (1986-Present)
American Platinum Eagles All Dates (1997-Present)
All U.S. Platinum Coins All Dates (1997-Present)
Silver American Liberty Medals All Dates (2016-Present)
Pioneer & Private Gold
Moffat & Co. $5 SAN FRANCISCO, FIVE DOL.
Humbert $50 880 THOUS., "50" ON Reverse (Octagonal)
$50 887 THOUS., "50" ON Reverse (Octagonal)
$50 880 THOUS, "Target" on Reverse (Octagnal)
$50 887 THOUS, "Target" on Reverse (Octagnal)
Kellogg & Co. $50 SAN FRANCISCO, FIFTY DOL.
US Assay Office $50 887 THOUS. (Octagonal)
$50 900 THOUS. (Round)
Wass, Molitor & Co. $50 SAN FRANCISCO FIFTY DOL.
World Coins (currently Modern only)
Australia 50c Silver Lunar Series 1999-Present
$1 Silver Lunar Series 1999-Present
$15 Gold Lunar Series 1999-Present
$100 Gold Lunar Series 1999-Present
$1 Silver Kangaroo 1993-Present
$1 Silver Kookaburra 1992-Present
Austria €1.5 Euro Silver Philharmonic 2008-Present
Canada $5 Silver Maple Leaf 1988-Present
China ¥10 Silver Panda 1983-Present
Great Britain £1 Silver Britannia 1997-Present
£2 Sterling Silver Britannia 1997-Present
£10 Gold Britannia 1987-Present
£25 Gold Britannia 1987-Present
£50 Gold Britannia 1987-Present
£100 Gold Britannia 1987-Present
20p Britannia and Liberty 1/10oz Silver 2024 - Present
50p Britannia and Liberty 1/4oz Silver 2024 - Present
£1 Britannia and Liberty 1/2oz Silver 2024 - Present
£2 Britannia and Liberty 1oz Silver 2024 - Present
£10 Britannia and Liberty 1/10oz Gold 2024 - Present
£25 Britannia and Liberty 1/4oz Gold 2024 - Present
£50 Britannia and Liberty 1/2oz Gold 2024 - Present
£100 Britannia and Liberty 1oz Gold 2024 - Present
Mexico 1/20 Onza Silver Libertad 1996-Present
1/10 Onza Silver Libertad 1996-Present
1/4 Onza Silver Libertad 1996-Present
1/2 Onza Silver Libertad 1996-Present
1 Onza Silver Libertad 1982-Present
1 Onza Gold Libertad 1991-Present
South Africa 1 Rand Silver Krugerrand 2018-Present
Spain 15 Euro Cent Gold Spanish Doubloon 2022-Present
€1.5 Gold Spanish Doubloon 2021-Present
Currently, we do not grade colonials, California gold, medals, tokens, Baseball Hall of fame coins, Apollo 11 anniversary coins, Basketball Hall of fame coins, or 5oz America the Beautiful bullion coins. It is our intention to grade these in the future, but currently we do not accept them.
Varieties we accept for Grading
CentsAll Cohen (C), Sheldon (S), and Newcomb (N) Flying Eagle (FS/ Snow), Indian Cents (FS), Lincoln Cents (FS)
NickelsBuffalo (FS)
Half DimesAll Logan/McCloskey (LM)
DimesJohn Reich (JR), and top 100 Fortin (F)
QuartersAll Browning (B)
Half DollarsAll Overton (0)
Early DollarsAll Bowers/Borckhardt (BB)
Morgan DollarsVan Allen/Mallis (VAM):
   Top 100 List
   Hot 50 List
   Hit List 40
   WOW! List (Partial)
   All 8 Tail Feathers (8TF)
   All 7/8 Tail Feathers (7/8 TF)
Peace DollarsVan Allen/Mallis (VAM):
   Top 50
   Elite 30
Early Gold$2.50 Bass-Danreuther or BD#s (1796-1834), $5 (1795-1834). $10 (1795-1804)
Classic GoldMcCloskey/Haynor (HM) 1834-1839