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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2137121, member: 29751&quot;]The star is given by NGC for <i><b>exceptional </b></i>eye appeal for the grade (which equates almost always to either &quot;purdy&quot; toning, exceptional luster, or semi-proof like surfaces that just miss PL for non-proof coins -- it means something different on proof coins, but you can Google that).&nbsp; The point being, NGC doesn&#039;t specifically bump the numeric market grade for a coin that is otherwise strike limited or has abrasions or hits.&nbsp;&nbsp; They don&#039;t have to since they have a way of denoting a subjectively &quot;purdy&quot; eye appealing factor via the star.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS, on the other hand, specifically includes things like &quot;purdy&quot; color in the numeric grade -- even when some other technical grade-limiting things like strike or hits may be present.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct that &quot;eye appeal&quot; is a part of any market graded coin, but having the option to denote exceptionally pretty toning on a coin via a star instead of bumping it up to 2 numeric grades means NGC grades for such coins are more informative IMO.&nbsp; In the end, it&#039;s up to the buyer to determine the value of a coin.&nbsp; If it can be obtained for what one considers &quot;reasonable&quot; then so be it.&nbsp; If not, then pass.&nbsp; It&#039;s sounds overly simple, but that&#039;s because it really is simple.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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