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1857-s $20 SS Central America
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A local shop has one of these $20 Libs, but the certification number does not come up or is the gold foil type. It's #1910, AU58, how do you find this in the PCGS system?
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From what I’ve researched, I’m currently under the assumption that SSCA cert numbers can only be obtained by emailing pcgs with the info and asking for it. I would really love if someone proves me wrong here, as it’s very inconvenient to have to do that.
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This one is also cac certified. I checked out auction records which are not easy to segregate in the HA system for these.
If we’re talking about pricing and auction records, you can go to the 57-s tab in coin facts. Then hit “varieties” and scroll down to “minor varieties” and it will be the first option. I don’t see any sales data for a 58-cac
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I'm curious what the reason was to pull connectivity to the grading company with these?
Not sure, hope more chime in soon. I considered that it may have been some type of oversight but it’s most definitely inconvenient.
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I was remembering a similar discussion on this and the same answer. Did a search and found this semi-recent thread with the same answer.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13268349#Comment_13268349
and reference back to
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1049481/answered-how-do-you-determine-cert-for-ss-central-america-gold-label-coins
and reference back to
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/287650/why-no-pcgs-reg-number-for-ssca-gold
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2YNufnS_kf4 - Mama I'm coming home ...................................................................................................................................................................... RLJ 1958 - 2023
For my 1857-S Central America shipwreck coin, I called PCGS, gave the rep the SSCA number on my coin and they gave me the cert # that was associated with my specific coin.
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OK I am confused. Why would you need to ask PCGS for a cert#? What is an SSCA#? I have a 66+ 57-S (with a pinch) it is a spiked shield and to be honest the large holder and the pinch were actual distractions. I bought the coin. Am I missing something?
Yours (like mine) is from the second batch of coins from the SS Central America Shipwreck. They are in a big holder with pinch of gold. The first series of coins came in gold foil regular sized holders and have no cert number provided.
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Why would coins graded by PCGS not have a certification number ?
I contacted PCGS customer service with the SS Central America gold foil insert number, this was the response:
Thank you for reaching out to PCGS Customer Care. I will gladly assist you with your inquiry.
Like it stated in the forum, no cert has been offered for this coin.
Looking into it further, I see that for the coins we graded at a 58, they do not have cert numbers to provide. It is PCGS #70004 in the price guide.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1857-s-20-broken-central-america-1-gold-foil/70004/58
If you could give me the PCGS # of the coin you are specifically looking at, I will gladly look into this further.
Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I did hear finally from PCGS what the matching certification number is. No Trueview but these were earlier I believe. Thanks.