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What are the round colored Dots seen on some slabs?

CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
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I have seen a few of these and noticed one on a recent commen purchase.

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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    Could be some form of inventory control for some dealers.
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    LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭
    I also think it is some form of inventory control. When I was new to these boards, I asked the same question about dots on my slab that I just bought. Some "joker" (who has become a fine friend), told me that they meant "this coin is a dog". image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The green, oval dots mean that the grade on the label is correct.

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    sonoranmonsoonsonoranmonsoon Posts: 2,078 ✭✭


    << <i>The green, oval dots mean that the grade on the label is correct. >>



    LOL!!!! That brings up an interesting question. How many CAC stickers will be removed by buyers that are not familiar with them.

    Back to the thread question. I do believe the colored circles are some kind of inventory control for for dealers. I get them every now and then.
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    lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    I don't know what they are either.
    The ones I've seen all have $ signs and some numbers after it, written on them.

    Ray
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The green, oval dots mean that the grade on the label is correct. >>

    And those aren't the ones with "PQ!!!!!" written on them.
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    nicetoning42107nicetoning42107 Posts: 1,162
    I've noticed Finestknown uses small green dots. I don't know if they use other colors, too, or if other dealers use the small green dots. But whenever I see a small green dot on a holder I think "Finestknown". Good marketing technique.
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You might have a case of Rabbittitus if your seeing round dots? image
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    MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    How many CAC stickers will be removed by buyers that are not familiar with them.

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    How many CAC stickers will be removed by buyers that ARE familiar with them??

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I see..... stickers." (as opposed to 'I see dead people').... well, maybe not much different... image Cheers, RickO
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    seatedcoinsseatedcoins Posts: 1,096 ✭
    I think I read here earlier that when dealers here take coins to shows they put certain colored dots on it to remind them of value. I also heard of dealers writing coded numbers on it when dealing with a lot of people at a show. Is this right?
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    nencoinnencoin Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭✭
    We started using them about 5-6 years ago to indicate which coins we had imaged. If there was a sticker on the coin, then we knew there was an image on the website. I suspect this is the case with some of the other dealers who sell online.

    Chris
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,176 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How many CAC stickers will be removed by buyers that are not familiar with them.

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    How many CAC stickers will be removed by buyers that ARE familiar with them??

    image

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    Good luck in getting them off your slab...image
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭
    David Lawrence always sticks some kind of colored Dot on the slabs they sell. The back of the slab usually has there inventory sticker.

    But, without pictures, we're really shooting in the dark and I'm glad I caught that last typo! image
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    CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    Well it ain't an oval C*ap sticker and not a price sticker like at a garage sale and ya can't write on it, but I just messed with it and it came right off, small red circular dot 3/8" diam red film like...Maybe Russ would know I got it from him...
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    lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭


    << <i>Well it ain't an oval C*ap sticker and not a price sticker like at a garage sale and ya can't write on it, but I just messed with it and it came right off, small red circular dot 3/8" diam red film like...Maybe Russ would know I got it from him... >>




    Russ sells on consignment. That may have something to do with it.

    Ray
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    There was a time when I had many duplicates of coins in my possession and I only had one Registered in the Registry (the nicest one of course!).

    To keep me from selling the nicest duplicate, I put a small 1/4" red dot on the back of the slab. The other duplicates got a small green dot.

    I also used the red dot to denote "keepers" even if they were lower grade than the Registry pieces.

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