Very Fine

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 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 - VF20 to VF35 OVERVIEW: Generally light wear, moderate wear at high points. EYE APPEAL: The cleanness of surface and lack of marks constitute most of the eye appeal.

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 (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 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) - Light to medium wear. All major features are sharp. VF coins come in VF-20, VF-25, VF-30 and occasionally VF-35. The key word here is major. Minor features such as some of the finer hair detail, feathers, etc. will be worn.

Very Fine (VF-20) Shows moderate wear on high points of design. All major details are clear. Fine (F-12) ...

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 Term for the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35. Very Good Term for the grades VG-8 and VG-10.

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 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 ...

In Very Fine preservation most varieties are priced at less than $1,000 each. There are many bargains to be had.

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) The grade of a coin having light to moderate wear on the highest points, with clearly defined details. VG (Very Good) ...

VF (Very Fine) - A grade of coin where there has been obvious but relatively restricted wear on the highest portions of the coin.

1856,Very Fine, Drapery At Elbow, $49.00 1856-O, Fine, Breen 4008, $49.00 1856-O, Very Fine +, Doubled Shield Line, POR ...

VF - Very Fine. VG - Very Good. Variety - Any coin recognizably different in dies from another of the same design, type, date and mint.

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. On the SHELDON SCALE, it corresponds to a numerical grade between 20-35.

Choice Very Fine (Very Fine-35) The hair and feathers will be sharper than on coins in the lower Very Fine grades. Less wear will show on the wing tips and the shield lines will appear a bit sharper.

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.

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.

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.

Abbreviation for Very Fine, used to describe the state of a coin or medal. VG Abbreviation for Very Good.

VF - Short hand for Very Fine, an ANA grading classification. VG - ANA grading standard meaning Very Good. VG08 - VG - ANA grading standard, very good level 8 to very good.

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). Die variety - Silver Dollars, 1794-1803. BB# (BB1-BBn?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the first two years of minting the coin, 1762 and 1763, it was obviously produced for general circulation as these coins are generally found well worn; on the other hand, coins from the late issue (1817-20) are usually found in very fine ...

The coin is small and the legend very fine, so it is understandable if the wrong punch was used for the similar letters B and R. The two errors are 1858 BRITANNIAB instead of BRITANNIAR, and 1868 RRITANNIAR instead of BRITANNIAR.

It stands for "Premium Quality" a term which describes the very finest coins which fall into the categories of Mint State-65 or Proof-65. For example, an MS-65PQ graded coin is considered more desirable than a coin described simply as MS-65.

I once looked on as a dealer paid twenty times the current catalog value for a certain South American Peso that was only in Very Fine condition.

They include AR tetradrachms with a portrait of Ptolemy II or Ptolemy III instead of the usual head of Soter (B. M. C., Pl. IX. 4-6, XI. 9; Hunter Cat., iii, Pl. LXXXII. 5), and a very fine AV octadrachm, perhaps struck at Ephesus, with obv.

While the dies are in this soft state they are given a very fine polishing. After the die is hardened, the steel contracts slightly creating a wavy look on the polished fields. It looks like orange peels! ...

Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good, Fine, Very Fine, Extra Fine, Uncirculated. The first three are to be avoided as unreadable for an exhibit like this. The last two are usually avoided as being too expensive and unnecessary for an educational exhibit.

die crack A raised, irregular line on a coin, ranging from very fine to very large, some quite irregular. These result when a hairline break occurs in a die.

choice An adjectival description applied to coin's grade, e.g., choice Uncirculated, choice Very Fine, etc. Used to describe an especially attractive example of a particular grade. Choice Unc Short for Choice Uncirculated.

While the 20th century sovereigns can often be bought for close to bullion value, the earlier sovereigns, especially those in Very Fine condition or above, will have a numismatic or collector premium of 15% or more.

See also: Coin, Grade, Mint, Collector, Circulated