Hallo my friends. I got this dime today for $2.60. I guess, it is XF-35. Am I right? And is it a good price?
Here in the States that dime is fairly common and could be bought for around $1.50-75 or so. In Russia I couldn't tell you, but I could imagine Russian coins sold in the States, are higher than if sold in Russia.
There is no such thing as XF35. Hard to tell from the scans, I`d say XF45. If there is some luster, possibly AU50, there is not that much wear, on reverse anyhow. Obverse might have a bit more wear, feels like there are some hairlines. Somewhere below or around $2 would be an acceptable price.
I think you did fine Eugene, considering you could get one for less from the States, but it would cost you more than $2.60 for shipping.
US and many other coins are graded on the Sheldon scale, which goes from 1 to 70. This system is standardized in the US, probably elsewhere, so you should really learn it. Some of the grades have several tiers. As someone mentioned, there is no such thing as EF-35. Here is the scale: Poor-1 (P1) Fair-2 (F2) About Good-3 (AG-3) Good-4 or 6 (G4), (G6) Fine-12 or 15 (F12), (F15) Very Fine-20, 25, 30, or 35 (VF20), (VF 25), (VF30), (VF35) Extremely Fine-40 or 45 (EF40), (EF45) About Uncirculated-50, 53, 55, or 58 (AU50), (AU53), (AU55), (AU58) Mint State 60-70
Heck, it's fine in the US, too. I don't really like the term, "junk silver," because that coin does have value to someone. Not every collection is exclusive to key date, mint state coins. Collect what you like.
Oh, I forgot to mention, Extremely Fine is sometimes written as EF and sometimes written as XF. If just depends on who writes it. I put EF in my explanation of the Sheldon scale, but it could have been XF, too. My point was, the two tiers of EF / XF are 40 and 45. In your original post, you said XF-35 (EF-35), which is actually in the VF (Very Fine) range.
