So you got some coins back that did NOT "sticker?"

topstuf · January 30, 2018 9:39AM

If you submit coins for sticker and they do NOT get one......

Whadda ya do?

(The "anonymous" box is still checked as I post this)

TwoSides2aCoin · January 30, 2018 9:47AM

I'm happy to get a grade at the one big house, let alone a sticker @ the big one's house.

chumley · January 30, 2018 9:55AM

I mostly use CAC as a test of my own eye,if it doesnt sticker,lesson learned but I usually keep the coin.Funny thing is,in 10 years I got 4 gold beans.....sold all 4 of them

Coinstartled · January 30, 2018 10:06AM

Spend em on a snickers bar.

logger7 · January 30, 2018 10:10AM

Their average approval rates are around 40%. I send in coins that I don't think have a chance and they sticker. I send in coins that look like a lock with a plus grade to boot and no green beanie. I spoke with a dealer who has been in the business for 50 years and he got 28% recently with high end coins. He said it did not make it worthwhile for him and he will be reluctant in the future to submit.

blu62vette · January 30, 2018 10:29AM

The answer for some is regrade to a new cert number and try again. I never go this far.

asheland · January 30, 2018 10:36AM

I've never sent any in before, but I voted that I would still keep them, but wonder why they didn't sticker.

TennesseeDave · January 30, 2018 10:51AM

I also have never sent any in nor do I own any stickered coins. I do wonder sometimes how my coins would do if submitted.

RogerB · January 30, 2018 10:53AM

Buy your own stickers.....!

MorganMan94 · January 30, 2018 10:58AM

I would keep it and be just as happy as when I bought it. I bought the coin because I liked it, not because I hoped someone else would like it.

BryceM · January 30, 2018 11:02AM

No one answer. Depends on the coin, what I’m trying to accomplish, how much I paid for it, how much I like it and other factors. Usually I ask for feedback on the ones that didn’t sticker. Sometimes I can see the issue. Sometimes I can’t. A solid “C” coin for the grade (if graded correctly) is a perfectly good coin at the right price.

Walkerfan · January 30, 2018 12:18PM

I love all my coins just the same.....sticker or no sticker. However, many of mine have never been to the bean factory, so the results would be very interesting.

oih82w8 · January 30, 2018 12:28PM

1,2 and 3

 I love the coin just the same as before I sent it in.

 I keep it and wonder WHY it didn't sticker.

 I begin to look at it with a different attitude.

johnny9434 · January 30, 2018 12:41PM

find a sticker on one and put it on that one

Elcontador · January 30, 2018 2:27PM

It just means that JA didn't want to buy the coin when he or someone else at CAC looked at it. Nothing more, nothing less.

blitzdude · January 30, 2018 3:09PM

I don't really collect coins, I'm more about the plastic slabs, paper labels and green and gold stickers. Crazy world we live in.

Gluggo · January 30, 2018 3:21PM

@RogerB said:
Buy your own stickers.....!

Now I like that one!

pocketpiececommems · January 30, 2018 4:07PM

I Wouldn't send it in for a sticker in the first place

PhilLynott · January 30, 2018 4:19PM

I've learned more about coin grading and coins in general from ones that have failed than about anything else so far in my 3 years collecting. John taking the time to explain why a coin didn't pass is incredibly generous of him.

To answer the OP what I do depends on why the coin failed. I had a morgan fail that he said everything was there for 66 except the toning which, while original, was just too splotchy and not eye appealing enough to warrant passing. I find the eye appeal unique and still love the coin. Another time I learned my $5 lib was enhanced at one point. What I thought was interesting "original" color he said he instantly could tell was messed with instead. I learned from that and definitely look at that coin differently now (but am keeping because I still like it).

CCGGG · January 30, 2018 5:06PM

Eight to ten years ago, I started mostly buying PCGS and NGC graded coins. Other grading services often seemed to be over-graded to my eye, but occasionally I'd buy one if the "price was right" for what I thought the grade was. I'd then immediately send them in for a cross-over and I was typically right on the money. In the past few years I started buying only PCGS graded coins. I either sold or crossed all my NGC stuff. Now, in the past year, I've started picking up more and more PCGS/CAC sticker coins. I'm to the point now that CAC catches my eye since I tend to agree that CAC sticker coins are solid for the grade. Personally, I don't like the idea of "grading the graders" but it seems to be working. It is what it is. Most CAC sticker coins I've bought recently are getting a premium price. So I guess my next step is to only buy PCGS/CAC coins, until someone comes along that grades CAC. Reminds me of kindergarten when we would get a gold star if we got a high grade vs just being average.

topstuf · January 30, 2018 5:14PM

The premium for appearance is fully warranted.

https://www.coastcoin.com/items/229018/

Barndog · January 30, 2018 10:28PM

I just toss them into the trash. Who wants a plastic tomb without a sticker?

ricko · January 31, 2018 8:23AM

For me, it has always been about the coin.... be it raw, slabbed or stickered - or any combination (hmmm did anyone ever get a sticker on a raw coin?? ) I have many, many slabbed coins... more raw coins....I do not look at them any different if they do not sticker... and since I do not sell coins, it really does not matter. Cheers, RickO

jonruns · January 31, 2018 8:51AM

I no longer purchase coins without a CAC sticker...

slider23 · January 31, 2018 10:16AM

I enjoy purchasing coins in PCGS holders and sending them to CAC as a check on my ability to buy coins high end of the grade. If the coin does not pass, I look for reasons on why it did not sticker. I never sold one simply because it did not sticker.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 31, 2018 10:48AM

PCGS has and will suit me just fine, for the time being. But I'm a submitter, looking for proper grades the first time. And if I disagree, I have other power tools at my disposal. No complaints about CAC, PCGS, or NGC from me. They do us all a relatively good service as "protection" goes.

DIMEMAN · January 31, 2018 10:57AM

This is sad. Anything other that #1 and to me the person is not a true coin collector. I never send coins to CAC.

When I buy coins the Sticker or non sticker does not sway me one way or the other. I buy coins not stickers.

But that's me.......I'm a coin collector.

oih82w8 · January 31, 2018 11:05AM

@Barndog said:
I just toss them into the trash. Who wants a plastic tomb without a sticker?

What day do you put your "trash" out to the curb?

10000lakes · January 31, 2018 11:30AM

I wait until I sell them. At that time they are submitted to CAC before being auctioned.
That way I can blissfully enjoy my coins while they are in my possession

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