Are PCGS and NGC coin numbers certified in chronological order?

ahopewell55

Can you tell when a coin was certified by the number on the slab? Are there records that collectors can access to find out? Thanks.

commoncents05

No, they do not. PCGS does slab items on the same submission sequentially. NGC labels everything on the same submission with the same numbers before the hyphen. Example: 123456-001, 123456-002, etc. Other than that, no.

-Paul

LindeDad

No to both questions and to the forum.

lcoopie

you may have a rough idea from the type of holder as they have changed thru the years

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