PCGS Population Report: a monthly compilation of all coins graded by the Professional Coin Grading Service, Inc., broken down by date and grade. A very useful tool for determining the rarity of various coins and grades.
PCGS Population Report Monthly publication by PCGS listing the number of coins graded and their grade. Totals are for coins graded by PCGS since its inception in 1986.
PCGS Population Reports and Coin Certification
We've just written a pretty comprehensive article on what it means to have a coin graded by PCGS, how it is certified, and how PCGS records and tabulates the data about coins it has graded.
Short for 'PCGS Population Report.'
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A coin that is on top of the Population Report and scores the maximum number of points on the PCGS Set Registry.
Curiously enough, the PCGS Population Report notes 14 examples of this date certified at the Proof-64 grade level, six additional pieces at the Proof-65 level, with a single Proof-66 specimen being the apex of the grading triangle.
The true Rarity Factor (within the Dahlonega series) of each Dahlonega Gold Coin is determined by dividing it's PCGS Population Report numbers into the total number of all the Dahlonega Coins graded by PCGS.
Because the Ultra has a unique and distinctive appearance, its only peers are other Ultra High Reliefs, and according to the NGC Census and PCGS Population Report, this is the only PR69 in existence.
According to the PCGS Population Report, there is an example graded MS63. I am not aware of this piece but assuming that it exists, it is by far the finest known and it is the only Uncirculated 1865 quarter eagle that exists.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service
"Flying Eagle and Indian Cent Varieties" by Larry R. Steve and Kevin J. Flynn ...
So why would one use the PCGS population report to describe a NGC graded coin? Well it is the most quoted in the hobby. Other coins in the ad had no populations listed so why this coin?
 See also: PCGS, Coin, Grade, Struck, Numismatic
  
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