Submitted a coin for PCGS regrade...no grade change but new cert. #...Standard procedure?

1centlincoln

I wasn't sure if PCGS accidentally didn't change the grade of a coin I had sent to have possibly upgraded but it came back to me with the same original grade but with a new certification number. I wasn't sure if this was standard procedure. Why would they have to change the cert. # if the grade wasn't upgraded? Any insights? Should I resubmit the coin or is this possibly a "mechanical" error on their part? Thanks for any advice. This is my first entry into the forum after spending many enjoyable months reading and learning from all of you.

Russ

I don't know if it's standard procedure, but every regrade I've submitted has come back with a different cert number whether the grade changed or not.

Russ, NCNE

foodude

For regrades, yes.

If you simply have a coin reholdered, no; however, if you qualify to have a Registry set pedigreed, you have a choice of keeping the current cert#s, or having the coins in the set consecutively numbered.