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Interesting cert number: does it affect the value?
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I saw this on Ebay. I noticed the certification number was only 1s and 2s. Not that I would want to buy it, but does it make the coin worth more?
Young Numismatist
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Maybe to some people, but not to most.
Mr_Spud
no
It’s interesting but not worth a premium for me. Now if it was all one number like 1111111 or if it somehow miraculously started with a 0 and was my birthday it would be worth a bit more for fun.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
Many years ago, I bought a common date AU50 Liberty half eagle in an old small ANACS slab. The eBay seller hyped the serial number which was 666666 in his listing. I won it at a price that a regular AU50 half eagle would have sold for. The serial number was why I bought it. You could say that "The devil made me do it." as Flip Wilson would say in his comedy routines. In this case, the unusual serial number added no value to the coin.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
When i was in the military, there seemed to be a game where people would compare 1$ bills, and make a poker hand out of the digits in the serial number. The winner got to keep both bills. Not sure what, if anything, kept Joe Shmoe from carrying around the bill with the 'best possible' numbers...
ANYWAY, if you played that game with your collector friends, comparing cert numbers, winner take both...
(well, makes more sense than playing chicken for pink slips, anyway...)
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Liar’s Poker
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar's_poker
And I think there could be a slight premium for the cert number to someone that likes something like this. I’d speculate no more than $5-$10 over the typical market price for the coin.
Yah, all starting to come back to me. I used to play a similar game with my kids, comparing the lucky lotto numbers on the backs of our fortune cookie fortunes. Winner get's both cookies...
I have seen others listed with reverse repeating numbers such as, 224434422 that they were asking huge prices for, but do not know whether they received them or not.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
That's called a radar number.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
It doesn't matter enough to make the related 1923 Peace dollar into a $75 coin.
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My cell phone number ends in 666
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Not interesting enough for me, especially for that coin.
I have been known to by RADARS.
If you play liars poker with slab cert numbers and deuces are wild, this is a great slab.
No.
No added value IMO... If it were also a 1921 Peace Dollar, some collectors might find it unique. I really do not have interest in labels or holders... Just the coin. Cheers, RickO
I wouldn't pay extra, but a fun item
BHNC #203
How about these ?
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CERT VERIFICATION #01111111
PCGS Coin Information
According to the PCGS Certification Database, the requested certification number is defined as the following:
PCGS # 7130
Date, mintmark 1881-S
Denomination $1
Region The United States of America
Grade MS64
Mintage 12,760,000
Holder Type Standard
Population 110,964
Pop Higher 79,977
PCGS Price GuideSM Value $155 ▼
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CERT VERIFICATION #02222222
PCGS Coin Information
According to the PCGS Certification Database, the requested certification number is defined as the following:
PCGS # 7855
Date, mintmark 1903
Denomination $2.50
Region The United States of America
Grade AU58
Mintage 201,060
Holder Type Standard
Population 323
Pop Higher 6,137
PCGS Price GuideSM Value $600 ▲
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Nope for me.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
No interest whatsoever.
“I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~
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If that quarter eagle looked great then I'd be tempted.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
It’s interesting but does not appear to have any recognizable pattern to me, so I’d say interesting but no premium.