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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1631326, member: 29751&quot;]An assigned &quot;plus&quot; grade means the coin almost achieves the next higher technical (numeric) grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Star means the coin has (in the opinion of NGC) superior eye appeal.&nbsp; Usually given for coins with appealing toning or exceptionally stellar luster/strike.&nbsp; The star means nothing about whether a coin is low, middle, or high on the scale of the assigned technical (numeric) grade.&nbsp; PCGS has no comparable eye appeal designation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;PQ&quot; is an abbreviation for &quot;premium quality&quot; and it seems that every dealer and every collector thinks their coins are as such.&nbsp; The term is used willy-nilly, and is not used by any of the respected third party grading companies explicitly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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