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Pillar of the Community
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I'm kinda lost on this and would like some clarification. As you know on slabbed coins there are numerous things printed on the card inside the slab. Could you tell me what it all means and how I would benefit by it? 1976 in my birth year so I chose this photo for reference.  |
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Valued Member
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5898: PCGS Coin Number 68: Grade 21638680: Certificate number that you can lookup. Look up the certificate number here: http://www.PCGS.com/cert/ |
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The series and coin number were only used for a few years to designate the coin series and coin number based on an internal list kept by PCGS.
Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here)Edited by nss-52
10/05/2016 10:59 am
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Here are the basics of the various numbers on a PCGS label: Series: PCGS assigns a series number to each coin series. In your example, Series 39 refers to the " Washington quarters 1932-1998" series. PCGS is not currently placing the Series number on coins it grades. Coin: The (somewhat) sequential number for a particular date/mint mark within a given series. For your coin's series, the 1932 quarter struck in Philadelphia is "Coin 1." 5898.xx: An internal four-digit "Coin Number" assigned by PCGS to the particular date, mint mark and variety (if applicable) of the coin; these numbers run across series (i.e., they don't start at "1" within each series). Every coin type that PCGS grades has a unique number. The number "5898" identifies a "1976-S 25C Silver (Regular Strike)" coin. xxxx.68: The grade assigned to the coin. 21638680: The unique PCGS certification number (i.e., ID/tracking number) assigned to the coin inside the holder. Every coin graded by PCGS gets its own unique certification number. Hope that helps! Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for your help everyone! I was looking through ebay and some listings don't show the actual slab or the photos are too blurry to identify the numbers. |
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A bookmark-worthy post, commems.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Great information. |
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Rest in Peace
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 Great explanation. |
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Quote:I was looking through ebay and some listings don't show the actual slab or the photos are too blurry to identify the numbers. This is a violation of ebay coin selling policy. If you want to do something about it, report it in the appropriate counterfeit forum. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Other coin grading entities also have certification lookup pages. Except ICG, unless I'm missing something. What's cool is, if you're looking at a graded coin on, say, ebay, you can look up the cert # and not only validate the coin, but they also indicate what they consider the value of the coin to be. Gives newbies like me helpful info to use in bidding (yeah, you can look it up, but this is really convenient). |
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Pillar of the Community
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If they don't show the photo of the actual coin then the number on the slab is meaningless. Often when a seller is selling more than one of the same coin they'll just post one photo instead of showing each slab.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! Good to know. I guess it's important to look for that statement that says the photo shows the actual coin you would be buying. Would it also be wise to take a screen cap of the dealer photo for comparison when the coin arrives?
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