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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ageka, post: 32203, member: 1485&quot;]I voted yes although about every country in europe has a different interpretation of the grading </p><p>For instance FDC means fleur de coin and is litteraly the flower coming out of the die</p><p>Whatever crossreference you use , it is difficult to imagine something better then FDC </p><p>Uncirculated the Germans use two grades StrikeLustre and Bankfresh</p><p>The wording says it all ( Stempelglanz und Bankfrisch )</p><p>In the XF or EF category I had a discussion with an American coindealer</p><p>( he is my penpal ) I showed a picture of a Superb 20 FF gold coin with about 50 % mintlustre left and he said that to him it was not EF because of the 36 or so leafs on the reverse one leaf had the central line in it missing ( it was the high point of the reverse ) and something missing makes it VF</p><p>He also says he has often seen beautifull MS 60 and ugly MS 62 coins</p><p>So in&nbsp; the end you have to define in what grade the coin is on your own scale especially here in europe were virtually no coin is slabbed</p><p>And then pay for what it is worth in your own opinion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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