Does a "QA" sticker add any value?

I am familiar with the CAC stickers, but wonder about the QA stickers I have seen on slabs. Are they an added value to a coin? And who provides these? I was told that any dealer can buy these and stick them on their coins, is this true?

Her is a photo of one:

 

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If it is then they are worth horse pucky

 

Thanks for that technical evaluation.

 

I don't think there's anything technical about that sticker.......you could put it on a steamer trunk and send it around the world. Oh, BTW, it adds absolutely no value to the slabbed piece.........

 

I’ve never seen a QA sticker. What does it mean? I wouldn’t pay any attention to it.

 

I never heard of them either but Google found their web site. A CAC clone headed by someone named James Sego of JMS coins.

Mission
To provide a value added third party verification of solid quality PCGS and NGC graded coins.

http://qacoins.com/

 

Not true unless you buy counterfeit ones.

James Sego has been heading up QA-check since about 2015-16. They're put on modern series that are deemed to be solid coins for the grade. There is a gold sticker that goes on coins that have to be really special, usually very attractive toning or obviously undergraded. I've gone through boxes he was grading at shows to try and get some insight. Besides coins that just seem generously graded, spots end up killing most coins that don't get stickers. Black spots are a deal breaker above 64 on cents. A mark in the wrong place or unattractive toning will also prevent a sticker.

 

Now here's a very special sticker.

 

James is very reputable and well-known. He's also a heck of a nice person to chat with.

JMS coins. He's also part of the Ike Group (DIVA is like VAMS for Ikes).

Believe it or not there are collectors for Ikes... https://www.youtube.com/live/kav-q0aHCWs

 

There are other companies or individuals who do stickering to indicate a coin is solid or better for the grade. Rick Snow has an Eagle Eye sticker for certain types of coins. Barry Stuppler has a PQ sticker for certain types of coins. Their value in the market is not nearly as broad as CAC stickers.

Cal

 

Correct. But some of them have value among the target population.

For example, MOST IHC collectors will take Rick's word as gospel regardless of what anyone else says.

SightWhite has some value for people who really, really, really hate toning.

MessyDesk's VSS (https://www.varslab.com/) is another.

 

I read that in cac’s ad. Sounds worse second hand

 

Appearing in an ad doesn't make it any less true. No sticker will make anything more valuable. They merely serve to point out particular coins which in the opinion of the supplier are worthy of a premium price. Whether or not one chooses to believe the applier is irrelevant. The coin is what the coin is.

 

Of course not. But coins that are able to earn a sticker, by virtue of being nice examples, are worth more. And what's the easiest way to demonstrate that a coin's able to earn a sticker? Put a sticker on it!

 

CAC certainly seems to talk about the stickers one way and CAC+collectors ACT the other way...

 

Can you clarify what your understanding of CAC+ collectors "ACT the other way" means?

For context, what are you referring to by "CAC certainly seems to talk about the stickers one way..."?

Is it possible that you are confusing CAC sticker evaluation with CACG grading?

It could be a simple matter of confusion, because the very topic of how a + designation by CACG will be treated has been posted and does not at all appear to be an issue with collectors utilizing CAC and/or CACG.

 

It's a reputable endorsement on the grade making it an asset to an on-line bidder. @messydesk answered it.

 

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