[Trying to confirm what year this guitar is...]

Thank you, it has been a trying time and I appreciate your reply. I am a novice on guitars and don't have much knowledge of them. Thank you again. 

[Trying to confirm what year this guitar is...]

Hi there. My significant other passed away recently and he had a couple of guitars. I am trying to confirm the year of this one. It is a Gibson Custom Silver Burst and the serial number is CS 98234. I did a search on a website and it came back as a 2008 or a 2018. I know it is not a 2018, so it has to be a 2008. The problem I have is that everything I have read says the first number is the year, so wouldn't that make it a 2009? I would greatly appreciate if someone could confirm this for me. Thank you for your time.