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Valued Member
United States
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Apparently the first 3 digits of the very first PCGS slabs were "108". Using that logic, I decided to look up "1080000", and "1080001", keeping in mind that the earlier PCGS slabs had 7 digits on their cert verification. These did not yield any results. I typed in "1080002", and, lo and behold, the "first" PCGS coin graded was an 1860 proof dime in PR 64, which would make Classic coins the first certified coins! This may not be the case, just wanted to discuss http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/1080002/Edited by DannDaMan020
06/27/2014 6:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very neat! I wonder if it's still in it's original case?
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Korea, Republic Of
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I think it should bring a premium at an auction if it's in its original slab.
I wonder where that coin is.......?
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Pillar of the Community
968 Posts |
Little known fact, the first PCGS slabs have white inserts, not green inserts. :)
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Canada
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Little known fact, the first PCGS slabs have white inserts, not green inserts. :) Haha I knew that. Guess that makes me smart  Anyway, it's pretty cool. It would be amazing to own that slab, not to mention the coin within it  Thanks for sharing  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I wonder how much that would for at auction...
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Valued Member
United States
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I can't believe its value is only $1000. Must be a R-2 or R-3 in PF 64 (an old PF 64, which may mean its really a 65).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I tried to find a picture of it but I could not find one. If only they had True View back then...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm betting that either PCGS has retained it for their grade set or collection or that David Hall owns it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The problem is you are assuming that the first batch graded started with the 1800000 group and went up from there. Now I don't know for sure how the numbers were assigned to the graders back then, but now each day each grader is assigned a random starting block of numbers for each consignment. Serial numbers are consecutive within the consignment a much as possible, but if they run into a previously used block another block is assigned and the order continues consecutively in that block. The computer makes sure that no block is ever assigned twice. (It is also possible the computer is tolded the size of the consignment during data entry and reserves a random block of the proper size for the consignment at that time so a number series doesn't get split in the middle of a submission.) If they were using a similar system back then the first consignment might have started with say 1800500, or 18000250, or 1801250 or any other starting point.
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Very Cool! Bet some of the PCGS series collectors would be very interested in that coin. Granted it is a small part of the coin market but they do have money and passion. I would like to see what that did at auction.
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