Need Help with Fractional Currency PCGS Cert Verification

I don't know much of anything on the topic of fractional currency but I couldn't resist this cute little 5 Cent piece offered at my local coin club auction last night. After some googling around, I verified it is indeed the Fr. 1232 second issue without surcharge and it looks genuine to me.

But when I went to PCGS Currency verification and entered 80655850, it said no such number exists. Their website says the cert number appears under the grade on the obverse but mine is on the reverse. I took a look at several PCGS-certified examples for sale and found many whose PCGS number arrangement is like mine, i.e. on the reverse.

Does anyone know why the PCGS certification database doesn't list my example? Is there another way to verify certification?

BTW, the bronze oval around GW's portrait and the large bronze "5" on the reverse look like kid's glitter under a glass. Very pretty and part of anti-counterfieit measures if I understand correctly.

 

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That was certified when PCGS outsourced currency grading and you can no longer verify it.

They have this note on their 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.

 

Good thing I’m not a member of you local coin club. If I were, that piece would be in my collection not yours. It’s great looking piece. Well done!