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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 66642, member: 112&quot;]Well not exactly. Typically the Europeans use the same grades we do - but they may apply them with a different set of standards than we do. Fot just like it is here in the US, there is no one established set of standards used in the various countries or even with any single country. They all use their own criteria to establish the grades. So what in one country may be considered as XF - in another it may be considered VF. The same goes for those people doing the actual grading. Have 3 different people grade the same coin - you may get 3 different grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a nutshell the Europeans use the following grades - </p><p><br /></p><p>P - Poor</p><p>G - Good</p><p>VG - Very Good</p><p>F - Fine</p><p>VF - Very Fine</p><p>XF or EF - Extra Fine</p><p>Unc - Uncirculated</p><p>FDC - Fleur De Coin or Gem Uncirculated</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course they then also add the qualifiers, About/Almost, Choice etc. whichs adds even more grades. For just like here in the US, the Europeans have found that the letter grades are not sufficient to accurately describe a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>And as time goes on - more and more Europeans are accepting slabbed coins graded by NGC, PCGS etc. And many of the European dealers now list their coins for sale with comparable American number grades right along side the letter grades they use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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