{"id":3623,"date":"2025-03-24T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cacgrading.com\/content\/?post_type=docs&p=3623"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:28:51","password":"","slug":"what-is-the-gold-tier","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cacgrading.com\/content\/doc\/what-is-the-gold-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Gold Tier?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Gold Tier<\/strong> is designed to provide submitters with a more economical way to submit primarily common date gold coins. The specific criteria for what coins qualify for this tier are defined below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tier Specs<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Service fee<\/td>$28<\/td><\/tr>
Maximum value<\/td>$6,000*<\/td><\/tr>
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*Updated from $4,000 to $5,500 effective on January 1, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated from $5,500 to $6,000 effective on March 9, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coins that Qualify for this Tier<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Any Business Strike<\/strong> coin from any of the following series qualify for the Gold Tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proof Issues from the below series do not qualify<\/span> nor do any coins from other gold series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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$5 Indian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Take Advantage of This Tier<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paper Submissions<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Simply select the tier you want on the submission form and be sure to only include coins that qualify for that tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new tier is not specifically listed in the portal; instead, Standard submissions of all qualifying gold coins will be charged the new tier prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1:<\/strong> Add qualifying coins to a Standard submission as noted in the graphic below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2:<\/strong> Before finalizing the submission, to ensure you have correctly built the submission, under \u201cReview Details\u201d, select the file icon on the bottom right of the tier summary as indicated in the graphic above. You should see the Service fee of $28 as noted in the graphic below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3:<\/strong> Finalize your submission, and ship it to us as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For further information on how to create an online submission, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For further assistance, feel free to contact Customer Care at help@cacgrading.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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