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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1933534, member: 29751"]Between NGC and PCGS, there are more than 450 graded examples of the 1880-S in MS68.  There are 10 graded MS69 between the two companies.  More than 85 have been approved by CAC.  For that kind of massive mark-up (if $6K really is the price) then you could have nearly 10 graded MS67 coins. My point is, given the subjectivity of the graders -- unless you're a registry game player, $6K for a coin that common is questionably sane.  Again, just my opinion, and to each his/her own.  But, I would call it quite common in that grade given the population numbers I see.  Of course, my definition of common varies from most, as I find it annoying to call anything rare unless there are only a few dozen ever minted.  At best, I'd call it "conditionally scarce" -- and (even though grading from images) I wouldn't be too happy if I were the owner and saw that more than 80% of people guessing the grade here thought it was less than an MS68.  I personally guessed MS67 -- again, given the limitations of grading from images.  In the rarefied air of "MS68" a coin better just blow my socks off -- and this one was ho-hum IMO. Cheers.[/QUOTE]