Today I was told that PCGS is once again certifying currency. Is this true? I ask because I recently purchased a very nice Brownback in a PCGS holder. When I entered the PCGS # for verification it showed that the # is assigned to a Silver American Eagle. I then went to my LCS to have them send the bill to PMG and I was informed that shipping costs have gotten to be very expensive and to not bother. What would you do in this situation?
database errors do happen. I would just contact PCGS customer support. Are you sure you are inputting the Banknote cert number correctly? Can you share a photo of the item?
I would call PCGS first. Hope all works out for you. Is it my imagination or has PCGS having a problem or two this year?
Thank you for the responses. I'll have to dig out my copy stand to take a better photo, but I hope these can suffice for the moment. The PCGS # is 80590252
From the PCGS website: "Collectors Universe, Inc., parent company of PCGS, operated PCGS Currency from 2005 until 2009 when it sold the banknote grading division to another company and licensed the trademark and brand name for 10 years until January, 2019 when the name and license returned to Collectors Universe. Therefore, notes graded under the PCGS Currency brand are graded as crossovers to ensure they meet the standards of the new PCGS Banknote grading service. We are unable to verify PCGS Currency holders."
That’s an older PCGS holder. It was graded by K3B, a company that PCGS leased their name to for almost a decade. It’s now out of business. It’s not going to show up in their database.
Probably a call to Legacy Customer Service, since they still maintain the PCGS Currency database it seems... https://coinweek.com/paper-money-ne...onship-bradford-launches-new-grading-service/
Thanks to all in the CT Currency Community. You have been extremely helpful and generous in sharing your knowledge.
As mentioned collectors universe shut down the original PCGS do to complaints in service now there is PCGS ( gold sheild ) no relation the owner of the old PCGS now is running legacy unfortunately the registry did not move over which has greatly affected value
