Is 69+ ever used as a grade?

I'm not a fan of half-grades (i.e. + grades) and don't think they're needed. However, looking through the pop reports of NGC and PCGS, + grades seem to stop at 68+. Is my perception correct? Are there any grading services that use 69+?

Cal

 

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None that I know of

 

I've never seen one.

 

I doubt that one of the basement slabbers would ever use it. They'd just give the coin a 70 anyway.

Chris

 

68+ is the highest I've ever seen.

 

What about a gold bean on a 70

 

Neither PCGS nor NGC use the grade 69+. That is not to say that in the future there isn't going to be some perceived need to split that hair.

 

This leaves me pondering the question, "Should you allow toning on a 69 or a 70?" That's not "as struck."

 

John, do you think there could ever be "half a prick" in the frost?

Chris

 

...or a gold bean on a lowball LOL you'd have to scrape it off before showing it to potential buyers

 

Don't know about that, Chris, but there are a few full ones right here on these forums..........

 

How about black & blue beans for lowballs. Blue means solid for the grade and black means a grade lower. As I'm writing this it was more of a lark but now that I'm done it seems like something they might actually consider doing in the future. Although it might add a bit too much confusion

 

69+ is called a 70

 

That depends on how bad your frostbite is.

 

Only when Rick Snow gets the 100 point grading system implemented

 

OwOwOwOwOuch!

 

How about a 70+...after all they give A+ grades?

 

That would certainly be a helluva coin.