This coin came across my desk today. Looks like one of the program deals... but I hadn't seen one before and thought i'd share just in case you guys hadn't seen one. Matt
I have never seen anything like that. I'd say it is probably very recent. I would also agree that it is probably part of a promotion.
Don Willis states "That was the code used for the old Genuine program. We are no longer holdering coins as code 80."
Wasn't the old Genuine grading like about a $100.00 per coin designed for the ultra rarities. And that is probably a PCGS dealer special label on top of that.
This got me thinking as I have never seen the 80 code used before. There are several different codes that PCGS have used on Genuine slabs and they go back quite a few years, several years in fact before PCGS ever announced their Genuine service in late 2008. Anyway, the earliest examples I can actually find date back to at least 2004 and probably a bit earlier. But on none of them was the 80 code ever used. At least not on any I can find. The following links will show where they used GN as the code, 00 as the code, and on some they even used the standard problem coin codes like 98. I even found several that don't even have PCGS on the slab, instead it says Collectors Universe, and only on the reverse side. When you open these links look at the dates. http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=68073&lotNo=63726 http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1116&lotNo=3452 http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=277&lotNo=6621 http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=355&lotNo=8219 http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=345&lotNo=1568 http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1116&lotNo=11481#Photo
