I have a certain coin cert number but can't find any auctions or possible owner....any suggestions?

coinsarefun · December 2, 2012 4:18PM

I have had my eye on a certain PCGS graded coin. I know the cert number and it is listed but does not appear in any
registries. I have wanted this coin for years. I have looked through all major auction houses with no success. Anyone have any ideas?

I thought maybe I can give a phone call to PCGS and give them the cert number and ask if they can find the owner and give them
my contact information.....thoughts?

I also thought to contact certain people that deal in the series...maybe they will have leads?

Any and all suggestions welcome.

LanceNewmanOCC · December 2, 2012 5:46PM

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i'll add, it is not in registry, 100% - since you cannot add a coin in registry if it is already added

not in the most popular auction archives

can't track cert number to an order due to the cert numbers being off - this means when you see pcgs graded 25mil coins, but the most recent orders show well over 26million, something is off and makes searching a bit more intensive and inaccurate.
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CoinRaritiesOnline · December 2, 2012 10:30PM

<< I thought maybe I can give a phone call to PCGS and give them the cert number and ask if they can find the owner and give them
my contact information.....thoughts? >>

I am not aware that this is a service that PCGS provides.

lkeigwin · December 2, 2012 10:39PM

I'm skeptical that PCGS would help. Furthermore, the coin may have changed hands over the years and PCGS would not know about it since it's not in anyone's inventory.
Lance.

Nickcap · December 2, 2012 10:41PM

Stefanie,

As an Auditor, I would put the set number into cert finder and change the last digit and search for coins with the same or similar cert numbers. Try and find the coins submitted with it. Then try and see where those owners got thier coins. You may find the coin came from a dealer or collector's submission. Then try and track that person down. They may or may not know where it went.

Most likely a dealer had it slabbed and sold it in an arms length transaction. Maybe they can broker a deal with you to get that exact coin.

But this may be a big waste of time if you don't get any hits. Plus, I doubt many dealers keep the names of customers and cert numbers together, if they even record the transaction details precisely.

messydesk · December 2, 2012 11:42PM

You're going to have to share the cert. number with a major player in the market for the coin you want, and perhaps they'll be able to bird-dog it for you. PCGS won't be of much help in brokering a sale, which is probably for the best, as it opens them up for conflicts of interest. If the coin isn't in a registry, then the owner probably isn't looking online for potential buyers, either.

coinsarefun · December 3, 2012 1:15AM

<< You're going to have to share the cert. number with a major player in the market for the coin you want, and perhaps they'll be able to bird-dog it for you. PCGS won't be of much help in brokering a sale, which is probably for the best, as it opens them up for conflicts of interest. If the coin isn't in a registry, then the owner probably isn't looking online for potential buyers, either. >>

That's pretty much as I thought

Oh well....as they say, if it was meant to be it will happen

Lakesammman · December 3, 2012 1:18AM

Shoot - PM me an offer and it's yours.

coinsarefun · December 3, 2012 1:40AM

<< Shoot - PM me an offer and it's yours.

>>

Ok, wait for it,

LanceNewmanOCC · January 10, 2013 7:02AM

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has the top secret information been released yet?
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coinsarefun · January 10, 2013 8:03AM

<< .
has the top secret information been released yet?
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Nope, never hand any luck finding it

magikbilly · January 10, 2013 8:26AM

I might place a wager, but you never bet on a cert

Eric

coindeuce · January 10, 2013 11:40AM

Wait. What? You've had your eye on a certain PCGS coin. Just where did you have your eye on it last? Can't you try to trace it from where you last saw it? The OP made no rational sense.

coinsarefun · January 10, 2013 11:52AM

<< Wait. What? You've had your eye on a certain PCGS coin. Just where did you have your eye on it last? Can't you try to trace it from where you last saw it? The OP made no rational sense. >>

I was researching a coin I own and while looking through CoinFacts a few years back I saw a coin that I really liked.
I have done all types of searches via auctions and so forth but never had any luck.

I thought someone here might have some ideas as to how someone can locate a coin by its cert number.

amwldcoin · January 10, 2013 11:55AM

Have you ever thought the coin might have been cracked and is no longer trackable as the lable might have been destroyed?

coinsarefun · January 10, 2013 12:10PM

<< Have you ever thought the coin might have been cracked and is no longer trackable as the lable might have been destroyed? >>

I don't think they would do it to this one as I am amazed that its slabbed

And I LOVE wild and crazy toning. I feel it NT but I don't see it being cracked out whatsoever.

I have a certain coin cert number but can't find any auctions or possible owner....any suggestions?

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