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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppercoins, post: 566106, member: 152&quot;]&quot;extra&quot; is in no way a part of a grade for US coins.&nbsp; The grade assigned to the numbers 40 and 45 is &#039;extremely fine&#039; - NOT &#039;extra fine&#039;, and it is properly abbreviated EF.&nbsp; This is just to let you know, so you don&#039;t sound like a noob when talking coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also a completely different grade you are missing altogether...VF, or &#039;very fine&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, we have...</p><p><br /></p><p>fine 12</p><p>fine 15</p><p>very fine 20</p><p>very fine 25</p><p>very fine 30</p><p>very fine 35</p><p>extremely fine 40</p><p>extremely fine 45</p><p><br /></p><p>Read through this and be patient, and you will have the grade of your coin at the end of this little exercise...</p><p><br /></p><p>So...for fine, little hair detail will be present, and LIBERTY does not have to be completely legible, and the feather detail should show some of its intricate detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>For very fine, all letters of LIBERTY must be visible.&nbsp; On VF20 some can be very weak, and on VF30 all must be strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>For extremely fine, all diamond detail in the ribbon must be complete, LIBERTY must be strong, and only small flat spots will be visible anywhere on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we now know that from the detail on your coin, you have a F12 coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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