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Letters and a number rating a coin's preservation.
Also known as: Sheldon scale, Coin condition grading
Coin grading uses abbreviations and a numeric scale to rate wear, from poor through fine and extremely fine to uncirculated. The scales differ between countries and the numbers dominate value: a single grade step can multiply a coin's price several times over.
Rates a coin's state of preservation using abbreviations and a numeric scale running to seventy for a perfect uncirculated example.
Contexts: History
Differs between national systems, with British descriptive grades and American numeric ones not converting exactly.
Contexts: History
Drives value disproportionately, so one grade step can multiply a coin's market price several times over.
Contexts: History
Two capital letters followed by a numeral, printed on a grading label or in a catalogue entry.