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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 342210, member: 112&quot;]I gotta go with F15. You really shouldn&#039;t use the pics in the ANA guide to grade by - you should use the descriptions. </p><p><br /></p><p>VF20</p><p>obv - WE shows considerable flatness, but all letters in motto are visible. More than half of the details in leaves still show. Shield is worn but bold.</p><p><br /></p><p>rev - Leaves and ribbon are worn. Wheat grains are all visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the problem I have is that the leaves do not show half of the details. That means the coin cannot grade higher than F15.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>XF40</p><p>obv - WE worn but well defined and bold. Slight wear shows on horizontal lines of the shield. High points of the leaves and arrows are worn but show all details.</p><p><br /></p><p>rev - Leaves and wheat are worn but all details are visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>With not even half of the details in the leaves visible on the obv or the rev it could not possibly be XF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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