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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1287009, member: 29751"]When you send coins to NGC, you can specify a minimum grade you want on a coin.  If it doesn't make that grade, they will still put it in plastic but with a label like "Gem Uncirculated" or "Brilliant Uncirculated".  My guess is that whoever submitted that coin submitted a LOT at one time, and likely specified a minimum grade of MS69.  This one may be an MS68, but because they specified a higher grade, then it just got the label "Gem Uncirculated".  This coin was submitted in a large order, as you can see from the last 3 digits of the certification number. When you submit to NGC, the first 7 digits of the certification number is the invoice number (think of an invoice as an "order") and the last 3 digits are the coin number within that invoice (incrementing from 001 and upward).  This coin is coin number 210 on the invoice, so I'm pretty sure it was a mass submission. By the way, the certification number checks out just fine on the NGC website checker. <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3199921-210" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3199921-210" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=3199921-210</a> My guess is that you will get EXACTLY the coin pictured, and it will be beautiful.  So, don't worry too much until you get it in hand.[/QUOTE]