Cleaning up the Population Report, March Update

Charles_Morgan

Hi everyone,

I thought I’d share a quick update on some "housekeeping" we’ve been doing at PCGS. This week, we deactivated 67 certification numbers for various Condition Census coins following thorough provenance research.

Our ongoing goal—as we continue to update CoinFacts narratives and Condition Census tables—is to ensure our top-end population data accurately reflects the actual number of coins in PCGS holders. We all know that coins get reholdered for many reasons, but when old labels aren't returned, it creates "ghost" coins in the pop report. This can negatively impact both collectors and dealers operating at the upper end of the market.

Here are some highlights of the recent population adjustments:

• 1865 2¢ (Fancy 5): Removed 6 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1977 10¢: Removed 6 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1927-S 25¢: Removed 4 certs (representing 2 unique coins)
• 1938 5¢: Removed 4 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1904 Gold $1: Removed 3 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1794 1¢ (S-57): Removed 2 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1893 Isabella 25¢ PL: Removed 2 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1931-S 10¢: Removed 2 certs (representing 1 unique coin)
• 1963-D 25¢: Removed 2 certs (representing 1 unique coin)

We are committed to making our data as accurate as possible to help you make informed decisions. Keep an eye out for more updates as this research continues!

Proofmorgan

Wow, this is great work! Thank you.

I'm sure you have a process, but back when we could see all the TrueViews, that was an easy way to pick up on the duplicates.

Colonialcoin

Hello.

You may want to remove the 1652 no pellets pine tree sixpence that is graded fine-12. It is imaged as well. That coin is a pine tree small planchet shilling. For what it’s worth, the above mentioned no pellets sixpence is far and away the rarest pine tree type coin, also known as the Spiny tree Noe-32. I’ve traced only eleven specimens going back to the second half of the 1800’s.

tradedollarnut

You could clean up a lot of top pop coins, just by getting DLRC to turn in the certificates for Hansen coins they crossed into CACG

lermish

@tradedollarnut said:
You could clean up a lot of top pop coins, just by getting DLRC to turn in the certificates for Hansen coins they crossed into CACG

Let him know that if he returns all of the labels he might earn a couple hundred dollars in grading credits. That'll get him off his keister!

RichieURich

Hi Charles, the 1808/7 C-1 half cent has a F-15 and a F-12 listed. Both are the same coin.

winesteven

@tradedollarnut said:
You could clean up a lot of top pop coins, just by getting DLRC to turn in the certificates for Hansen coins they crossed into CACG

Actually, @Charles_Morgan, this is very true. Fortunately, apparently through your efforts. many of his PCGS Registry sets have now been “Retired”. What is the status of the majority of the many hundreds (or thousands) of D.L. Hansen’s PCGS labels of very high grade coins that have been crossed to CACG? If they have not yet been removed from the PCGS pops, are negotiations underway? Is there any information you can comfortably share at this point?

Thanks again for advocating for what is best for the PCGS Set Registry and its participating collectors!

Steve

Charles_Morgan

I don't want to get into private details, but PCGS has a great relationship with D.L. Hansen's team and we expect to work on this issue in the future.

In the meantime, enjoy this parade of 1935-S Quarter pedigrees: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1935-s-25c/5799

P0CKETCHANGE

Great work @Charles_Morgan , this is a positive update.