Which Cert Ranges have been used?
PaulMaul
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I think this has come up from time to time, but I can't find a complete list of which cert ranges were used before the current chronological system started. Off the top of my head, I recall 30******, 40******, 81****** (4SC), 90******. There must be others. Why were these particular ranges used? And is there a plan in place for which certs to use once the current system catches up with ones that have already been used?
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I have self-=submitted subs with 043XXX and 073XXX also. At one point years ago, they began using certs with 120XXX or so and since then they have been using them in ascending order to where they are today at around 270XXX.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
We're almost up to 27******, it shouldn't be long before we run up against 30****** certs. I wonder what's the lowest cert number greater than the current ones that has been used already?
As far as I can recall, there have been cert #s beginning with every digit from 3 through 9 (except maybe 7), so I suppose another digit will have to be added to the cert at some point.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I don't think they've ALL been used though. All the ones I have starting with 3 are either 30 or 31. All the ones starting with 4,5 or 9 seem to have 0 as the 2nd digit. I wonder if they have a way of just filling in whatever holes exist in the sequences.
That may very well be the case. I know they jumped around with the numbers prior to the sequential change years ago. I'm sure they know which have been used and which haven't.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
These CERT ranges have been used:
01-09 [0100xxxx-0900xxxx, cards issued before 2000 or 2001]
11-26 inclusive [No cards with 13xxxxxx have been issued]
30-31 [30000xxx-3190xxxx]
40 [4000xxxx-4066xxxx]
50 [5000xxxx-5008xxxx]
60 [6000xxxx-6014xxxx]
81 [811xxxxx-819xxxxx]
90 [9000xxxx-9065xxxx]
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Assuming that PSA will be able to start filling in the gaps once the 2600xxxx-29999999 slabs have been filled, they won't have to add another digit for awhile. I realize that the cert ranges shown above include only baseball cards and there are no PSA DNA cards included, so please chime in if PSA has used some of the other ranges for other sports, non-sports, or autographed stuff.
13000000-13999999 = 1,000,000
27000000-29999999 = 3,000,000
31910000-39999999 = 8,090,000
40670000-49999999 = 9,330,000
50090000-59999999 = 9,100,000
60150000-69999999 = 9,850,000
70000000-79999999 = 10,000,000
82000000-89999999 = 8,000,000
90660000-99999999 = 9,340,000
Total remaining: 67.7 million
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Some more information:
82000000-82000184 have been used to slab AUTHENTIC cards. 82000000 was a 1983 Donruss Willie Stargell, and 82000184 was a 1964-Date HOF Postcard of Phil Rizzuto
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Thanks for the good information! For some reason, cert number 80000000 seems to have been used, although neither 79999999 nor 80000001 has been used.