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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3661175, member: 15309&quot;]Ok, neither are these definitions are what PCGS and NGC use for their application of the + designation.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS Definition: <span style="color: #ff0000">The high end for any particular grade represents the top 30 percent of the scale within a grade and I estimate that the plus designation would apply to approximately 15 percent to 20 percent of the coins within any individual grade.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/two-leading-grading-services-announce-plus-grading" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/news/two-leading-grading-services-announce-plus-grading" rel="nofollow">Two Leading Grading Services Announce &quot;Plus&quot; Grading</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">NGC </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Definition:&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #ff0000">NGC assigns a + to coins at the high end of their assigned grade, approaching the quality requirements for the next grade. In addition to their superior technical merit, coins receiving a&nbsp; must have above-average eye appeal.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1599/NGC-Launches-Plus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1599/NGC-Launches-Plus/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1599/NGC-Launches-Plus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1599/NGC-Launches-Plus/" rel="nofollow">NGC Launches Plus Designation</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">While NGC doesn&#039;t explicitly define where the higher end of the assigned grade, it is very likely to mirror PCGS which means</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">MS65+ = MS65.70 to MS65.99</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Furthermore, Typecoin is correct that the star designation and plus designation are two entirely different things.&nbsp; The star is for exceptional eye appeal and the plus indicates the coin is high end for the assigned grade, and it is possible for a coin to qualify for both.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/T74zwEN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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