PCGS Announcement For Mar.25th.?

PCGS won't "confiscate" anything. What they will do, now, is provide substantial evidence regarding a coin reported stolen to the police. It's reasonable to expect law enforcement to provide PCGS serial numbers reported stolen, especially if the owner knows the coin is protected and provides that information. Should such a coin turn up in PCGS' hands, they'd obviously contact the venue it was reported stolen from and hold it only until secure evidential transfer can be arranged. The technology to prove with near-100% surety that a given coin is the one you've previously scanned has existed for a decade or more.

Registry sets.





Answering the second quote first, a copy of the police report of the theft with the serial numbers listed.
PCGS would notify the police dept from where the report was made and the police would handle the recovery. They would either direct PCGS to sieze the coin and send them to the police where the report was made or they may arrange for the local police to come pick up the stolen coins.



More, the digital fingerprinting for positive identification was a part of PCGS's Expert System back in 1991.

My thoughts exactly. I didn't care for CAC anyway.