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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3270179, member: 10461"]That is the whole list.  Usually you will get only a few grade columns for each type; seldom more than four or five.  Sometimes they'll skip grades.  Frequently you're lucky to get Mint State grade data at all for certain types.  And don't get me started on the errors and glitches in their database! One just has to extrapolate.  Literally "read between the lines", if your coin's estimated grade falls between two columns. Take About Uncirculated, for example.  I cannot recall ever seeing an AU column listed for anything in the Krause Standard Catalog (from which the NGC data is derived).  For AU, one has to extrapolate between the XF column and the first MS column listed. For coins whose grade is well above the top grade listed (as in this case, if you hypothetically had an MS65 but MS63 is as high as the listings go), then looking at closed auctions is the best- often only- indicator. Also, one must remember that the addition of US-style Sheldon scale numerical grades is a relatively recent addition to the Krause catalog.  If I remember correctly, only the sections for US and Canadian coins used to use Sheldon grades like "XF40",  "MS63", "MS65", etc.  Everything else listed in the book was just the older, simple adjectival grades without numerals (VG F, VF, XF, UNC, and BU).[/QUOTE]