Is there any market for slabbed coins with unusual serial numbers?

I recently bought a PCGS coin with the serial number ending in 80888088. I know that bill collectors collect unusual serial numbers like "radars" and what not. I don't want to sell my coin, but does anybody collect odd things as such?

 

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This will be interesting if anyone post pics

 

This is considered a Binary number in Fancy Serial Number collecting. Only 2 numbers in the Serial. A true Binary is 1 and 0.

 

There is some market I believe, it is no where what the bill market is but some of the old holders with low numbers seem to get a little extra attention

 

There actually is a cert for 10101010 for PCGS

 

I suspect the older holders get attention because of a widespread thought -- either true or false -- that the coins were graded tougher.

 

Are you kidding? Those are the only slabs I collect, coins inside are unimportant.

 

Here:
http://www.pcgs.com/cert/10000000

Pretty cool coin in that slab. The serial is just an added bonus lol

 

I may or may not have been known to click on "refresh" when getting my submission forms on ngc's website to generate a cooler cert number. OK, I admit, I have. If you have patience, you get get any remaining number left.... haha.

 

Definitely plays a role as well.

 

I've heard the Chinese like the number 8. They consider it a lucky number.

 

Uhm, buy the coin, not the holder? Seems silly (to me) to pay extra for the holder itself, but hey, it's your money. I won't presume to tell you how to spend it.

 

There was a coin update article on this topic last year. Some interesting info:

http://news.coinupdate.com/buy-the-coin-not-the-holder-what-about-the-cert/

 

no premium from me, I couldn't care less.

 

You cared enough to reply.

The question wasn't "Do you not care about serial numbers in slabbed coins?" it was "Is there any market for slabbed coins with unusual serial numbers." If you don't have anything positive to add to the conversation, why take the time to reply? I personally don't really care about the serial numbers, I just had a curiosity about them. If everybody who had nothing constructive to add to a topic posted, this forum would be unreadable. Your post is like if somebody posted "Post your Kennedy halves" and you posted "I don't like Kennedy halves". I don't see why you even bothered to reply. I posted this looking for facts, not personal opinions. Just my $1 AUS.

 

you are a loser.

So if the answer doesn't fit you expectations, no one should post?


Your $1 AUS is worthless.

Where is that ignore button?

Next time post: "Only suitable answers are acceptable"

 

Yeah, an MS70 one ounce silver coin is "worthless". Nice hyperbole.

 

Thought better of it....

 

This post is getting a bit nasty....... yikes

 

Personally I like numbers and if it's a coin I like that I can afford, then sure I'd pay a little more for a fancy cert number. Make me want to look at the coin more often.