From the Early Days of PCGS — Share Your Lowest Cert Number
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I have a couple of Buffalos with 109 starts...
Will try to get an image
Fun idea for a thread - kudos to you, @colorcommem! Mine is way higher than the examples above, and I don't have a pic of the slab handy, but here's the TV that I got when I sent the coin in for attribution (yes, I sacrificed the old holder for a new attributed one for registry purposes).
This is an 1829 LM-6.3 half dime, a scarce remarriage - in it's funky blueberry skin!
My (infrequently updated) hobby website Groovycoins.com
My lowest # no barcode rattler, now in a LOC Peace album. Not the easiest Peace $ to find in 63 or higher, date known for its bagginess. Since I knew it was going in the album I was ok with a low grade MS example.
8186195
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
How about the highest number in a rattler. (Just took quick snap-o'matic.)
There are many OGH and even the first blue label (series - coin#) holders with 7 digit cert numbers lower than this.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYCRaWPlTIE Sophie Lloyd, guitar shred cover of Panama (Van Halen)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOV1VrDuUm4 Ted Nugent, Hibernation, Live 1976
RLJ 1958 - 2023
I would lose this game of lowball but I have 4 starting with:
504
601
618
717
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/2819
Lowest I have.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
This 1.1 generation:
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Somewhat low, but the sequence is what I like:
238 and this one:
USAF (Ret.) 1985 - 2005. E-4B Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief and Contracting Officer.
My current Registry sets:
✓ Everyman Mint State Carson City Morgan Dollars (1878 – 1893)
✓ Everyman Mint State Lincoln Cents (1909 – 1958)
✓ Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard (1878 – 1891)
Never thought about that, but this one is pretty high:
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
@Walkerguy21D @privatecoin
As I understand, after the 108.... the cert numbers were not necessarily in order (as this shows). This continued until more recently were it appears PCGS is going in order (at least from what I have seen in the last few/several years). I also read that at one time deepening on how the coins were submitted (service level), then the number could vary.
You both got me beat on that.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYCRaWPlTIE Sophie Lloyd, guitar shred cover of Panama (Van Halen)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOV1VrDuUm4 Ted Nugent, Hibernation, Live 1976
RLJ 1958 - 2023
I have another with 8 digits that starts with 0, so I think this is my lowest
no bar code and a really old holder
I have no idea where this falls. (Edit: CAC sticker applied after photo)
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$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Cool. That is an OGH and from the font a 3.1. That might be a contender for the lowest number in one of those which according to the pcgs museum of holders came out in 1993 into 1998.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYCRaWPlTIE Sophie Lloyd, guitar shred cover of Panama (Van Halen)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dOV1VrDuUm4 Ted Nugent, Hibernation, Live 1976
RLJ 1958 - 2023
My earliest cert number - sold it two years ago:
Tim
That is a super clean leg for a 63! Very nice!
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Probably this one... OGH...
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8 digits
First time sort on the inventory for that column. No idea how low is low but now I know....
USAF veteran 1984-2005
Great topic, never knew PCGS used lower cert #'s on later gen holders.