What is your opinion of the MAC sticker designation and the accuracy thereof?
Harlequin
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Like CAC, I have recently come across another service called MAC (modern approved coin) which stickers slabs also. Has anyone had any experience with this company and also I want to know if their grading standards are viable or just as good as a CAC designation. Any and all info about MAC would help. As is, I have a newly acquired pcgs graded coin with the MAC sticker so I was just curious. Thanks !!!!!
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Are they will to make an offer on the coins that they sticker?
@Coinstartled .....
I checked out the site and they do have a price guide for MAC stickered coins, if that's what you are referring to .......
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What I am referring to is that CAC maintains bid prices on the coins that they sticker. Is MAC willing to buy the coin from you at a fair market price. If not, the sticker does not mean much.
Where can I find this list of bid prices that CAC maintains?
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I have not yet seen the MAC sticker.... is it a big MAC?...
or a MAC jr.? Would you like fries with that?.... Sorry, got carried away there.... 
The sticker parade goes on... Cheers, RickO
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MAC has been discussed here before.
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What I don't understand is how someone can discern what is a high end for the grade proof 69 or proof 70...
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I can only speak for the dimes and his prices are insanely high, some by leaps and bounds high.
Later, Paul.
For $5 a coin you can send me your Dimes and will or won't put on a DMS (Dime Man Sticker) depending how nice I think it is.
Here are a couple links to prior discussions
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/945010/mac-stickers-and-price-guide
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/946797/rare-spotless-silver-eagle-mac-thinks-so
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11263227
Try here
macablege.com/pages/price-guides/
My opinion is don't fall for it.
He said CAC
Yes he did. Sorry
Now you did it, im having a MAC attack.:).
In my humble opinion...as the saying goes "The MAC sticker is not worth dime."
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Good one! I thought the same when I first saw it! Gonna post a picture of one when I get the time .......
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So, he buys coins from me, mac stickers them, and resells for higher price. What do you think CAC dealers do?
I think I have seen exactly one MAC sticker - big deal. I won't pay any premium for it.
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I'll pass as most moderns ( which I rarely buy) are at least a 68.
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This is only true for products bought directly from the mint that come in plastic capsules or plastic cases. Not true for business strike moderns that come from the bank or are found in circulation.
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The only MAC I'm interested in:
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No, but they'll sell you coins they sticker! lol
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For some reason they don't want to sell to me. On there blocked bidder list on eBay.
I don't typically buy/sell moderns so I'm not too familiar with MAC & QA. Can someone tell me the difference? I've talked to James about QA and he says they pick up where CAC leaves off (moderns with some crossover like IKEs) but if MAC has already been doing that, stickering moderns, what's QA doing that MAC does not? (I can say that I have seen far more QA sticker than MAC stickers at shows etc)
The coveted one is the "MAC 'N' CHEESE" sticker-to-your-ribs one.
I don't give a banana's peel for any of the stickers; just more junk to confuse collectors and pump prices.
This is insane - throw money away on stickering? A mod service lol. Crazy....
Have you heard:
Bullion is trading in a narrow range and the bids in the sheet are mostly stagnant while the pop of collectors declines. Many in my coin club are wanting to liquidate before market declines further. Others drowning in cc debt have not recovered from the oil price crash - after 55 they want push u out! One fellow wants find cc default lawyer.....
No No No - not gonna throw money away on stickering!
Send my $.50 cents and return postage and I'd be happy to slap a dreck sticker on it.
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It seems modern coins don't get much respect here. I wonder if coin collectors felt the same way about US coins in the 1790's.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
They're still around? Crappy editing and inarticulate writing in website content is one of my major pet peeves.
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I have no opinion on the MAC stickers.
Lol ........ Point taken! 🤣😅🤣😂🤣
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For others you can call and ask for a price.
Do you know anyone that really collects Lincoln Memorial Cents by full steps or Washington Quarters by full beak?
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What made you decide to bring this up after over a year latter? @Harlequin
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Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
"I don't give a banana's peel for any of the stickers; just more junk to confuse collectors and pump prices."
Absolutely on the money!
First MAC problem I see is that 2 price lists are offered, NGC MAC and PCGS MAC. John Albanese doesn't care which of 2 holders they are in.
But the market does and there is a pricing disparity even among CAC stickered coins based on the plastic holder.
I have no use for it. People actually pay them money?
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Would most agree that price disparities only apply to sight-unseen quotes ?
I really do not care what MacDonald's sticks on their sandwiches, but it would be nice if they got better ketchup.
I wish. Unfortunately plastic and stickers (or a lack thereof) can have negative value even on sight seen purchases. It makes little sense to me. It does allow for cherry picks though.
I see no evidence of it. A sister company (or otherwise closely affiliated dealership) deals heavily with them, but I haven't seen anyone else seek out a MAC coin. I would put them in the "who cares category?" In my view NTC is to coin grading what MAC is to CAC.
I'd like to see this too.
I also maintain a guaranteed bid price for all graded silver dollars. Sticker or not: $2