Niko just e-mailed us and I answered him. He's got a rare bird indeed, and should post some photos!
The D string tuner on a 7 string (he's got one of TWO Century Signature VII's that exist currently...something that I will personally change one day...

) can cover the serial number a bit, making it hard to read the number.
As for a database that is online, Clint has been buggin' me about it for months...I'll just add that to my pile...
