2
12
1
9
1
2
=27 and 2 + 7 = Nine
Or: 27 = Triple Nine.
Nine could be considered as being either the Death Number or the number of great spiritual and mental achievement. And of course the finding would be reinforced by the fact that there were nine letters in Crow's name —if that was the true date of his birth, which it was not.
To use a different system, the fictional date's numbers would add up thus: