Saturday, July 6, 2013

Coin Grading:




It’s very essential skill for a coin collector at least to know what is Grading. If you want to buy any old or antique coins you should know Grading. Simply understanding the coin Grade is called Grading. Coin values are based on Grading.

Standered Grading Terminology: US and Other English speaking nations

Uncirculated - UNC

Extremely fine – EF /XF

Very Fine – VF

Fine – FF

Very Good – VG

Good – G

Poor – PR

Grading Technology :

Grading in three simple steps

        Need to have good lighting sources and a good magnifier greater than 5x

2     Need to decide UNC, FF or PR

3    Now need to fit your coin in above terminology.

Note : All the above mentioned points are very basic, there are lot of books available in the marker about Coin Grading, please go through those to get in depth knowledge.

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