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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5133592, member: 19463&quot;]As a general rule, I believe an XF (or EF) coin should have full detail separating the ear and the crown with interior detail on the rays of the crown as shown on Andres&#039; example.&nbsp; On the reverse there will not be flatness on the body of the figure. A VF will still separate the ear but the rays may be just outlined without full interior details. On Fine, the ear will merge with the crown.&nbsp; I agree with the grades posted by Orielensis except with the note that the EF is marginal.&nbsp; Andres2 makes a good point that there are other factors like die wear that reduces detail.&nbsp; Modern graders have moved to separating wear from strike allowing them to call weakly struck or worn die coins EF when they have poor details.&nbsp; That is why most of us ignore grades advertised and want to see the coins themselves.&nbsp; Letter grades were important when coins were sold from unillustrated lists but today almost all are shown in photos leaving us with the only two grades that matter:&nbsp; &#039;I like it&#039; and &#039;no, thanks&#039;.&nbsp; The obverse of the Andres2 shows just how great one of these can be.&nbsp; I like it (a lot).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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