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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1802635, member: 15309&quot;]It seems that you have a pretty good grasp on what these things mean even if you think you are confused.&nbsp; Here are some links that should help you.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff">+ Designation</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>The + designation is offered by both NGC &amp; PCGS and indicates that the coin is high end for the assigned grade.&nbsp; These coins have been referred to by collectors and dealers for years as Premium Quality coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Two-Leading-Grading-Services-Announce-Plus-Grading" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Two-Leading-Grading-Services-Announce-Plus-Grading" rel="nofollow"><font size="5"><b>Two Leading Grading Services Announce &quot;Plus&quot; Grading</b></font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1599" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1599" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="5">NGC LAUNCHES PLUS DESIGNATION</font></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff">* Designation</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>The * designation is used by NGC to denote exceptional eye appeal.&nbsp; While it is possible for eye appeal to make a coin a premium quality coin for the grade and possibly deserve a + designation, that is not the sole purpose of the + designation and when you find a coin that has such exceptional eye appeal that it becomes PQ, it will bear both a + and * designation, see example below.&nbsp; The star designation is also used for coins that miss CAMEO or DEEP CAMEO on one side of the coin, see link below.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickel%20Registry/JN1944-DNGCMS67StarLabel2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Here are some links regarding the * Designation:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/coingrading/plus-and-star-designations.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/coingrading/plus-and-star-designations.aspx" rel="nofollow"><b><font size="5">PLUS &amp; STAR DESIGNATIONS</font></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-other-ngc-star-designation.46534/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-other-ngc-star-designation.46534/"><b><font size="6">The &quot;Other&quot; NGC Star Designation</font></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><span style="color: #0000ff">CAC Stickers</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>The CAC Stickers and their effect on the market are a little more complicated and have been discussed at length on all of the coin forums.&nbsp; Basically, the green sticker means one of two things.&nbsp; The coin is either &quot;premium quality&quot; or &quot;solid&quot; for the assigned grade.&nbsp; We have already discussed that PQ coins are assigned + designations by the grading services and CAC refers to these coins as &quot;A&quot; coins.&nbsp; Their entire goal is to separate the wheat from the chaff and reverse the years of gradeflation that has resulted in many low end coins for the assigned grade.&nbsp; CAC uses letters in their incremental grading system.&nbsp; The &quot;A&quot; coins are premium quality, &quot;B&quot; coins are solid for the grade, and &quot;C&quot; coins are low end for the grade.&nbsp; A coin that has a green sticker must either be an &quot;A&quot; or &quot;B&quot; coin.&nbsp; The gold sticker is even more complicated as CAC has removed any talk of it from their website.&nbsp; Basically, the gold sticker is used to denote that&nbsp; the coin in question is undergraded by at least one point.&nbsp; Here is a link to CAC&#039;s website for more info on the subject:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.caccoin.com/category/cac-in-the-news/#.Ul2CxWS4ZnE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.caccoin.com/category/cac-in-the-news/#.Ul2CxWS4ZnE" rel="nofollow"><b><a href="http://www.caccoin.com/cac-in-the-news/comprehensive-market-study-reveals-cac-price-premiums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.caccoin.com/cac-in-the-news/comprehensive-market-study-reveals-cac-price-premiums/" rel="nofollow"><font size="5">Comprehensive Market Study Reveals CAC Price Premiums</font></a></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps clear things up for you!</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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