VERY FINE - (VF)
In simple terms, in a grade of VF there will be significant wear to the minor details but no major detail can be completely worn through.
Great Britain. James I (1603-1625). Gold laurel. (9.00 gm). . Second, medium, square headed bust of James I / Crowned coat of arms. Spink 2638. Weakly struck in the center, nevertheless an attractive coin. Natural copper tone. Very fine.
Very Fine (VF-20) - Shows moderate wear on high points of design. All major details are clear.
Choice Very Fine (VF-30) - Light even wear on the surface and highest parts of the design. All lettering and major features are sharp.
Very Fine ("VF") - Wear is clearly visible to the naked eye. Devices are still defined and distinguishable but significantly worn. VF20 to VF35. Note the significant wear on the high parts of the wings.
Very Fine (VF): Detail clear, but obvious evidence of limited circulation. High spots worn but detail remains. Traces of mint lustre may linger amongst the letters of the inscription.
Very Fine: a grade range of 20 to 39 on a grading scale of 1 to 70.
Very Good: a grade range of 7 to 11 on a grading scale of 1 to 70.
Very Fine The term corresponding to the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35. This has the broadest range of any circulated grade, with nearly full detail on some VF-35 coins and less than half on some VF-20 specimens.
Very Fine
This coin grade shows little wear with the major features of the coin very sharp in detail. The minor features of a coin will show little wear. Most of the wear will be on the high points of the coin.
Fine ...
Very Fine-20 (VF20): You will find moderate wear on the high points of the design. All the major details are present.
Very Fine (VF-20)
There is moderate wear on all of the high parts of the coin and the designs and lettering have lost much of their sharpness. The original mint luster is virtually gone.
Very Fine (VF) - Light to medium wear. All major features are sharp.
Very Fine
Grading term encompassing coins with nearly full detail down to coins with less than half detail.
W, X, Y and Z ...
Very Fine
Term for the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35.
Very Good ...
VF (Very Fine) - A grade, see the grading page
Weak Strike - A coin struck with insufficient pressure resulting in the design elements showing less detail than they should.
VF (Very Fine) - A grade of coin where there has been obvious but relatively restricted wear on the highest portions of the coin.
VF / Very Fine
A grading term used for coins which display light, even wear on the surface and highest points of the DEVICES. All lettering and and major features remain sharp.
VF = Very Fine The design will now display obvious wear with small detail missing. However, major detail is still quite prominent. Moderate flat spots may show. Expressed in percent, werar is in the region of 26 to 35%.
VF-20 (Very Fine) - Clearly readable but lightly worn legends, devices show good detail, rims are clean, but the whole coin shows moderate wear on the high points and a little wear below.
VF-20 (Very Fine) - most details are still well defined; high points are smooth
F-12 (Fine) - major elements are still clear but details are worn away ...
Very Fine or EF. FBL - "Full Bell Lines" - term used to indicate how well detailed a US Franklin Half Dollar is. The Liberty Bell makes up the reverse design on Franklin halves. Lines go across the bottom of the Liberty Bell.
Very Fine (VF)
A Very Fine coin shows significant wear, but is still an attractive and desirable piece in most cases. About two-thirds of the detail should be present. All of the inscription should be readable, where present.
Very Fine (VF-20)
Moderately worn but all the details are clear. There may be some nicks and high points may be rubbed down a bit.
Choice Very Fine (VF-30) ...
Very Fine
VF
VF grade coins have a light to medium wear. All major features are sharp.
Very Fine - 20-35 on the Sheldon grading scale.
Variety
The differences in the manufacture of the same coin.
Very Fine - just the slightest wear can be seen on the word LIBERTY
Extra Fine - LIBERTY and all other details will be sharp with just slight wear on the ends of the ribbons ...
Very Fine - 20. Abbreviation: VF-20 All the lettering, legends, date, and major features are sharp. Moderate wear on the highest points of the coin's design. Design details are clear.
Very fine (VF) : A definitely used coin but only the very slightest wear on high parts of the design.
Fine (F): Perceptible signs of wear, particularly on fine detail.
Very Fine (VF-20)
Obverse: Leaves will be fully separated and many will show veins from the top to center of leaf. Half of horizontal lines in shield will be present, although unevenness in the strike may show flatness in mid or upper right area.
Very fine raised die lines are noted on the obverse. The reverse has light clash marks and a faint die crack through the tops of F AME.
From Abe Kosoff's 1968 ANA Sale, Lot 757.
Important 1851-D Gold Dollar ...
Very Fine
Term for the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35.
Very Good
Term for the grades VG-8 and VG-10.
In Very Fine preservation most varieties are priced at less than $1,000 each. There are many bargains to be had.
The very fine, raised lines that appear on the surface of some coins, particularly those that are well struck. These lines result from the dies being polished leaving behind minute scratches on the die.
VF (Very Fine)
The grade of a coin having light to moderate wear on the highest points, with clearly defined details.
VG (Very Good) ...
1856,Very Fine, Drapery At Elbow, $49.00
1856-O, Fine, Breen 4008, $49.00
1856-O, Very Fine +, Doubled Shield Line, POR ...
Cent in Very Fine condition
The issues of toning and cleaning are also key in evaluating Draped Bust coins.
Nice Original Very Fine 1851 Large Cent
1845 LARGE CENT
1856 LARGE CENT - ALMOST UNCIRCULATED - MINT LUSTRE ...
VF stands for very fine and means that the coin will have slight wear on the high points but all features are sharp and clear, although there may be some degradation on fine features such as hair or feathers on the coins.
Shorthand for Very Fine, an ANA grading classification.
VG
ANA grading standard meaning Very Good.
11. Dunham. Very Fine, "field marks left of eighth star, before lower lip, between wing and base of D (per Breen). Mehl "Dunham" 06/1941 - Rarcoa "Bell II" 04/1963. This was stolen at the 12/1964 GENA convention.
Circulated coins, at the time of this writing in 1993, consisted of the following grades: Poor, Fair, About Good, Good, Very Good, Fine, Very Fine, Extremely Fine (sometimes Extra Fine), and About Uncirculated.
aVF (F15?) about Very Fine. Grade. aXF (VF35?) about Extremely Fine. Grade. B# (B1-B10?) Browning number (1925). Die variety - Bust Quarters, 1796-1838. B# (B1-B23?) Bolender number (1950, 1998).
choice Uncirculated, choice Very Fine, etc. Used to describe an especially attractive example of a particular grade. Choice Unc Short for Choice Uncirculated. Choice Uncirculated An Uncirculated coin grading MS-64.
centered, light tone, bold clear lion, Very Fine....SOLDPhoto
C. Lion forepart rt., head reverted to left/Star ornament in incuse, SNG Cop 944ff. Obv. centered slightly low losing forepart below head, head is clear, rev.
Most collectors would assign a grade to this side of the coin at least 'Very Fine Plus' and coins worse than this are sold by many dealers as 'Extremely Fine'.
For a collectible coin, dealers and enthusiasts in Tokyo and Toronto use Fair, Fine, Very Fine, Extremely Fine, Uncirculated and Fleur-de-coin (N.B.: the best)--like different grading systems in colleges and high schools abroad.
The 1834-38 Philadelphia half-eagles retail just $390 in Very Fine, $550-$585 in Extra Fine.
Most 1841-D half eagles are in Very Fine to Extremely Fine condition and are common within the Dahlonega half eagle series. This date becomes scarce in Choice About Uncirluated condition and rare in Mint State.
This evolved for a time to the letter grading system of Basal State (almost never abbreviated), Fair (Fr), Almost Good (AG), Good (G), Very Good (VG), Fine (F), Very Fine (VF), Extra Fine (EF or XF), Almost Uncirculated (AU), ...
The details that make one coin "Very Fine" might only rank another coin "Very Good." For an Indianhead Cent to be "Very Good" you must be able to see half of the lettering in the word "Liberty" on her headband.
Most coins of this design encountered today range from Good to Very Fine. Coins from 1793 are the rarest, while coins dated 1795 and 1796 are the most readily available in high grade and are often sought by type collectors.
cents, if not Uncirculated, then certainly in one of the other grades I had learned about - such as Fine or Very Fine.
NUPAM'S WEBPAGE FOR THE INDIAN COINS A very fine site for those interested in coins of India. Museum site featuring INDIAN COINS Another interesting site for those interested in coins of India. Kavan's site on coins of Sri Lanka.
After the fine sanding of the die faces, hairlines if not polished completely out will leave very fine gouges in the die faces. This in turn will produce mirror image raised hairlines in each coin struck after the dies were resurfaced.
rare coin which Peters assigns as a R6 on the rarity scale, meaning 10-20 examples survive, although August and Sarrafian have recently revised this to an R5 (in their scale, 17-32 examples) in lower grades and quite rare in grades of very fine of ...
When a modern coin is described as "Very Fine" the collector has an accurate idea of its condition, though variations in toning and strike are still encountered.
Some of the full-face heads of Hermes on the coins of this town are very fine as works of art.
as VERY FINE - IT IS NOT VERY FINE! This coin I wold grade FINE+ which is two grades below P.C.G.S.
However, you must be aware that many dealers grade coins more loosely than Doug -- that is to say, his "Very Fine" may be nicer than the "Very Fine" of some unpictured coin you buy. However, his grades are what the better dealers use.
Thus, a Mint State-70 coin would, in theory, have been priced at exactly three and one half times the price of a VERY FINE-20 coin, Of course this system seems Particularly bizarre in light of today's pricing structure.
Very Fine (VF)Slightly more wear will be evident without magnification but the coin is still in a high state of preservation. A magnifier will show numerous light scratches over the high points and on the fields of the coin.
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