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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1269450, member: 29751&quot;]NGC has both a * designation and a + designation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The * designation is for eye appeal, and indicates nothing about &quot;premium quality for the grade&quot;.&nbsp; Coins that receive the * generally have nice toning or particularly beautiful luster or strike for the variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>The + designation denotes a coin which is &quot;premium quality for the grade&quot; and almost graded to the next higher level.&nbsp; It has no bearing directly on eye appeal (but can be somewhat related).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is possible for a coin to have both a * and a + for great eye appeal and for being a premium quality for the grade coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>People often mistake the * for a PQ coin, but it is not.&nbsp; It is simply a notation that the NGC graders found the particular coin to have particularly beautiful eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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