Saw this sticker on a PCGS coin offered at auction. I assume it means "Quality Assured" or some such. No mention of it is made on the PCGS Certification page for this coin. Is this a PCGS sticker or some other third party's sticker?
I've seen a few. What I think I know is that they are a company you submit slabbed coins to, they focus on moderns, and the market does seem to give them at least a measure of respect. Others can correct me....
No CAC or QA or even auction stickers allowed on my slabs... (well maybe a gold cac but I do tend to avoid them because of the stickers and increased prices...) The only sticker I actualy allow or desire is the "varslab" sticker on some morgans (vam verification for already slabbed morgans)
Touche, sometimes its hard to tell given how simply mentioning CAC has a tendency to break a lot of brains on forums and always leads to such rational discussions
it's the same function as CAC, but for Moderns that the CAC won't do. filling a hole with a service...
I understand what you are implying by "...the same function...', but there is a difference in the Model. QA is not a buy back Model (yet). That is not to discount the possibility that it eventually could be, with enough Dealers joining and agreeing to partake in a CAC similar Model, and that QA receives a listing in a GREYSHEET similar publication that the Market (Dealers/Collectors/Hobbyists) can and will rely upon and have trust in. I would identify QA as a 4PG-Pending, and given time, and acceptance, will add life to the Hobby.
