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QA✔️, EEPS, CAC, CMQ… what am I missing here?
renomedphys
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At least I’m sure I have the chronology right. Also… I have several “dual-stickered” coins. Anyone seen more? At what point are we putting the sticker before the coin?
To think: I used to peel CAC stickers off slabs. Kind of an “OK, that’s an opinion, now get that junk off there” reflex.
And as an aside, do you leave auction stickers on coin slabs as well?
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The chronology is not right there... Eagle Eye is was older than CAC, and QA Check came after CAC.
Sometimes we forget that other collectors lack as much confidence in their grading skills as we have.
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OR, Some just like other opinions
Mike
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OR, Some just like maximizing values for when the time comes for the coins to be sold, by them or their heirs!
It seems that coins that merit CAC stickers often sell at higher prices in auctions than coins without CAC stickers. Is your experience different?
Steve
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I would swear I saw QA✔️ stickers before CAC, but EEPS is likely older still.
No 3 sticker coins out there? 4?
Empty Nest Collection
Auction stickers come off the holder for my collection.
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
IF QA✔️is Collectibles Quality Assurance, they started in JAN-2015. Reference
CAC stickering began in NOV-2007. Reference
Edited to add:
@airplanenut has the order correct.
EEPS - 1995
CAC - 2007
WINGS - 2008
QA✔️ - 2015
Google the following article: CoinWeek IQ: A Guide to Certified Coin Stickers
Validation needs glue. Let's face it.
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Have no stickered coins but have some CACG. I like to buy right, pick out my own nice slabbed coins. Know how to grade and look at coins.
Add CMQ to the list.
Wings! Thats right, seen those too. That’s 5 possible stickers!
We need a contest with a prize of some sort. I have a 1968 PCGS PR68RB (no stickers, but a nice coin) for the first actual photo of a coin with all five.
Maybe that’s too much to ask 🤷🏻♂️
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Theoretically...Post-Colonial copper? If it bridged the gap between being struck in England but specifically for circulation in the colonies? And if CAC had seen it before discontinuing colonial pieces?
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Here’s one that didn’t make the rounds.
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More than 1 sticker takes away from the look of the coin. I would not get more than 1 sticker unless I was intending to sell my coins and I thought another sticker would add additional value
This is the only picture I have of it but I think this sticker said "MDC" which is short for Mad Dog Coins? If I recall there was also a picture of a bulldog on the sticker. I couldn't find any info about it and it was scraped off almost immediately.
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It Watch Dog. Shame you scraped it. Increases value East Coast Dealer group
It seemed extremely scammy... Like it was designed to look exactly like a CAC bean. On top of that, I couldn't find a single thing online about it. When I posted it here sometime ago no one could tell me anything about it.
In terms of value, you know better than I so I'll trust your word but, for example, trying to sell coins with EEPS has not ever netted me an extra dollar in price. I would be very surprised if that sticker even added $10.00 in value.
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How about this one
Mac Approved
Mike
My Indians
Dansco Set
No. And QA Check is for moderns, whose Venn diagram with post-colonial copper looks like O O
Okay, so assuming it’s an Indian cent or a Flying Eagle for EERC Photoseal, you could also add CAC and CMQ. No WINGS or QA✔️? What about Watch Dog and Stew’s Red Copper? Or MAC?
Empty Nest Collection
Isn't WINGS for world coins excluding US?
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Would much rather have a "Ricko Approved" sticker.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
Look like everything, but U.S. coins.
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I leave Doug Winter decals on back of slabs. If he has sold it, the coin has his imprimatur as properly graded and not processed. For 19th century gold, that is saying something.
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Are there any other stickering services started after CMQ?
Is there any website that specifically tracks all stickering services?