VF-35 This is for "Very Fine" (the grade) and "35" (the numerical designation of the grade). This grade used to be called VF/EF (or VF/XF) before numerical grading was accepted throughout the hobby.
813 1863 VF-35. Very light yellow gold with a hint of green, and lightly cleaned.
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 Good The term corresponding to the grades VG-8 and VG-10.
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.
You purchased the coin as an EF-40 but my eyes detect enough wear to call the coin no better than a VF-35. Your asking price is $2500.
While not included in the ANA standards, intermediate grades like AU-53, VF-35, F-15 and G-6 are used by some dealers and grading services.
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.
If the obverse grades VF-30 and the reverse grades EF-40, the coin would have a "net grade" of VF-35.
"Low-129. Roxbury Coaches. Boston. 1837. German silver. VF-35. Planchet defect near rim, as illustrated.
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 Good ...
Obverse 3 was joined with reverses A and E. On this specimen there are several planchet striation marks across the front. The example was removed from an encased slab, where it had been assigned a PCGS grade of VF-35 (311.35/4775292).
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