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Numismatic Discussion => Coin Chit Chat => Topic started by: kchan1111 on January 19, 2016, 01:42:20 PM

Title: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: kchan1111 on January 19, 2016, 01:42:20 PM
FWIW, I believe this coin has the lowest certificate number in PCGS database.

http://www.pcgs.com/cert/140

Wonder if it's worth a premium.
Title: RE: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: nealeffendi on January 19, 2016, 02:14:29 PM
Quote from: 'kchan1111' pid='83754' dateline='1453173140'FWIW, I believe this coin has the lowest certificate number in PCGS database.

http://www.pcgs.com/cert/140

Wonder if it's worth a premium.

So what happened to the other 139?
People pay a premium for error slabs, limited run slabs, old green rattlers etc so presumably this low number slab is worth extra.
Title: RE: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: kchan1111 on January 19, 2016, 05:24:59 PM
No idea. The assigned cert numbers in their database is not contiguous.
Title: RE: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: serial on January 19, 2016, 05:42:37 PM
lol, bored much to find that kchan
not a cheap coin in the 1st place, I would pay a premium for bragging rights and I am sure others would pay more than me.
Title: RE: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: kchan1111 on January 19, 2016, 08:45:04 PM
Quote from: 'serial' pid='83762' dateline='1453187557'lol, bored much to find that kchan
not a cheap coin in the 1st place, I would pay a premium for bragging rights and I am sure others would pay more than me.

Hahah no... I didn't check one by one. I got a machine to do it. I also have a spreadsheet that fetched the info for all numbers down one column. Handy if you want to look up a whole batch.

OK I was a bit bored.
Title: RE: PCGS graded coin with the lowest certificate number
Post by: trout on January 20, 2016, 06:44:56 AM
I think that the only relevance a low serial number has is that it may be in an older type holder and may grade higher if re submitted.
If people are willing to pay a premium for a low number why not look for repeaters or radars :angel:

The Only reason I buy PCGS graded coins is because I have a 99.99% chance of getting a coin accurately graded and genuine, The serial number is irrelevant to me :ok: