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With all of our articles, information provided will evolve as more research is conducted, as information comes to light, and as time permits.

I do not claim to be an authority, just an interested party trying to bring together basic information to get others started.

I would recommend forming your own view based upon several prespectives, research, and developing your own knowledge.

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ANDA Coin Grading Guide

The Australian Numismatic Dealer’s Association has published a great article on ‘Grading Commonwealth Coins’ on their website which gives a good description, images, breakdown, and reference for grading Commonwealth coins.

If you have read this far and not seen this article, you should.   It is the best quick reference I have found yet, and is the cumulative position determined by professional dealers around Australia as to what they believe is the best way to assess a coins grade.

While I can't copy their article, I can provide a link. (see page 3).

Prefixes and abbreviations used with ANDA coin grading guide.

Prefix

Description

a

about or almost

g

good

ch

choice

gem

gem

 

Abbreviation

Description

G

Good

VG

Very Good

F

Fine

VF

Very Fine

EF

Extremely Fine

UNC

Uncirculated

Proof

Proof


Only certain combinations of prefix and abbreviation are used together.

‘Choice’ and ‘Gem’ are ONLY used to elaborate on uncirculated coins, (and only if considered better than uncirculated).

There is a formal grade between EF and UNC: “aUNC” , (about Uncirculated), which is used to identify a coin that looks like it has never been circulated, however has been.

Examples of how you might see people referring to a coin’s grade:

aVG     (about Very Good)

VG       (Very Good)

gVG     (good Very Good)

Most of the time you won’t see people trying to refine past basic grade, although once you become familiar with assessing coins, you will notice significant variation of detail in coins between grades, and quite often varying grades between obverse and reverse of the same coin.

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