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Question regarding PCGS/NGC holders !!!
Timbuk3
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Is there any way to determine the date when a coin was graded based on the numbers on the holder. How would one find out the date when a coin was graded. Thanks !!! 
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I think you can come close, like within a couple years depending on the slab its in. There are a few older threads with dates PCGS and NGC used certain slabs. You might have to do some digging as I have no links.
By intent, it is not possible to determine when the coin was graded. However, as slab design changes and the length of serial numbers has changed, a general date can be estimated. Some serial numbers, for example PCGS 108XXXX, have known dates for grading since these were the first coins graded by PCGS.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
You can get a range of dates by the slab type. But even then, you can't be certain when the coin was actually looked at by graders and assigned a grade. You'd only know when it was last holdered. For example, if someone sends in a coin for reholdering, it may have been graded and last looked at by a grader quite awhile before that, even decades earlier.
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
I dont know about PCGS. I know if you have an instagram and ask Paul at ngc on their account he can look it up for you. He has looked up a couple if my gen 2 holders.
no, but slab types give a general idea.
Thank you all for your helpful responses !!!