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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5133592, member: 19463"]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' example. 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. I agree with the grades posted by Orielensis except with the note that the EF is marginal. Andres2 makes a good point that there are other factors like die wear that reduces detail. 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. That is why most of us ignore grades advertised and want to see the coins themselves. 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: 'I like it' and 'no, thanks'. The obverse of the Andres2 shows just how great one of these can be. I like it (a lot).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5133592, member: 19463"]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' example. 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. I agree with the grades posted by Orielensis except with the note that the EF is marginal. Andres2 makes a good point that there are other factors like die wear that reduces detail. 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. That is why most of us ignore grades advertised and want to see the coins themselves. 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: 'I like it' and 'no, thanks'. The obverse of the Andres2 shows just how great one of these can be. I like it (a lot).[/QUOTE]
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