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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2012807, member: 29751&quot;]You don&#039;t understand the star then.&nbsp; It has nothing to do with the technical grade.&nbsp; And, a coin can receive both a plus <i>and</i> a star.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Plus is not given for grades of 69 or 70 (at least by NGC).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>At NGC the possible MS grades number 20</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS60, MS60+, MS61, MS61+, MS62, MS62+, MS63, MS63+, MS64, MS64+</p><p>MS65, MS65+, MS66, MS66+, MS67, MS67+, MS68, MS68+, MS69, MS70</p><p><br /></p><p>Of those 20 possibilities, MS60 is almost never used (nor its + analog), so functionally 18 possibilities.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure why PCGS (apparently) doesn&#039;t allow the + for grades of 60 and 61 (but it is basically irrelevant).</p><p><br /></p><p>------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The take away message is the same</b> -- the number of &quot;levels&quot; of mint state is absurd, and it is understandable why a TPG can&#039;t even dream of being consistent upon multiple reviews of the same coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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