How rare are NGC * coins?

(Read this sentence in your best Goombah voice)

Both of you guys....OOOOOHHHH!

Did you read my post? Here's a little quote that's relevant:

"Coins receive stars for different reasons, all based around superior eye appeal"

I didn't say anything about the grade!!!

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From what I understand a star simply means it has extra nice eye appeal... that would apply to PF/PR MS, AU, etc. Anything thats ___ grade but also has exceptional eye appeal. I would think the higher grader the harder a star would be simply because an AU coin that looks better than average is easy to come by but a PF69 from 1881 is a lot lot lot harder to come by, especially one that has extra eye appeal needed for STAR.

 

No!. Please read;

 

rofl +1

 

Here is your quote;

 

There actually are AU Prooflike and even a few DMPL Morgans out there. Heritage Search So it would be possible for an AU coin to get a star for semi PL surface, or one side PL surfaces.

Here are some circulated star coins: Search results for: star

 

LOL @ this thread. this is just too priceless.

 

I just received this one, I like it:hail:

 

All you need to know about the star designation from NGC themselves:

http://www.ngccoin.com/coingrading/stardesignation.asp


The key is, there can't be any distracting contact marks or blemishes. Which eliminates the majority of AU's from the get-go.

Here's the main thing:

"While there are many features that may lead to a coin receiving a star, there is one thing that always holds true: every star designated coin is something special to see."

This articles says they expanded the star designation starting Jan. 1st, 2008 to include ALL grades. Apparently it was limited to 63's and above before that. I never knew that.
http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=957

 

You guys have forced the sheriff into action. Originally, the star designation only applied to coins graded MS63-MS69. On January 1st, 2008, NGC expanded the star designation to include every grade with the exception of the MS/PF70 grades. Here is the quote and link:

NGC EXPANDS STAR DESIGNATION

BTW, In the link is a photo of an 1814 CBH slider with a star. Check it out!

 

I heard imswiss has a 1886 ms68*
hahahah
okay but thats a sick coin, I can see why it got the star.

 

Oh no, I was late on the draw and the last thing I heard was Vess singing "I Shot the Sheriff"

 

Ya. "Good for the grade." Meaning, within any grade (Let's, for kicks, say MS-66), it's a "good" coin. I went on to elucidate that being "good" is based on superior eye appeal.

Not a huge deal, and I'm not trying to pick a fight, I just want to be understood.

As the song goes...

"Baby, do you understand me now?
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But, don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood"

 

i did read that doesnt mean it answers said questions. the article regarding the expansion of coins getting a star helped.

 

Winner!!

 

Oh, I'm just a noobie with all the NGC/PCGS lingo. This is only my 3rd slabbed coin, but its the 36th morgan in my collection. It's by far the best though!

 

Did those threads I provided help answer your question? If not, keep asking questions, we will be happy to answer them.