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 This is for "Very Fine" (the grade) and "20" (the numerical designation of the grade). Wing feathers show most of their detail, lettering is readable but sometimes indistinct and some minor detail is sometimes separate but usually blended.
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 (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-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 (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-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.
118 1857-C Net VF-20; sharpness of EF-40, however, bent with minor rim marks. Light greenish gold surfaces.
From Abe Kosoff's sale of the Shuford Collection, May 1968, Lot 1688.
Wonderful 1857-D Gold Dollar
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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. Take a roll of quarters from the bank.
Term for the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35.
Very Good
Term for the grades VG-8 and VG-10.
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.
Among early cents, an outstanding grade for certain varieties might be VF-20 or VF-30. A 1793 cent in either one of these grades is highly desirable and will attract many bids if offered at auction.
(US: VF-20)
Very Fine (VF): Detail clear, but obvious evidence of very limited circulation. High spots worn but detail remains. Traces of mint lustre may linger amongst the letters of the inscription. (US: EF-40) ...
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.
1857 Snow-7 $20 Clashed Obverse VF-20 ANACS
This is a very scarce and popular variety. The outline of Liberty's face is very prominent.
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1798 dollar first graded by ANACS as EF details, corroded, adjustment marks, Net VF-20, then graded by PCI as VF-35.
1798 dollar with edge shaved (3 o'clock to 5 o'clock on obverse and 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock on reverse) and spotting.
Very Fine
Term for the grades VF-20, 25, 30, and 35.
Very Good
Term for the grades VG-8 and VG-10.
Also, the ANA Guide breaks down the higher collector grades (Very Fine, Extremely Fine) into VF-20, VF-30, EF-40 and EF-45. Uncirculated grades get three numbers for MS-60, MS-65, and MS-70.
And, the numerical grading system is not at all logical, for the Uncirculated span just enumerated runs just 10 points from MS-60 to MS-70, while Very Fine runs from VF-20 all the way up to just before EF-40, a span of nearly 20 points! ...
Of course, some proof coins are impossible to distinguish as proofs once they are worn beyond a certain point. Therefore, circulated proofs may also be graded by their circulated grade level (i.e.. VF-20 or AU-50), ...
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