Scales for coins preservation state

The table given below is just an imperfect approach to link many scales for coin grading, which are used among European and American coin collectors. The issue is even more complicated when supportive grades are applied (for example in the c ase of Polish scale "+" for better than and "-" for worse than symbols increase the scale from 7 original grades to 20).

Polska	menniczy	znakomity	bardzo piękny	piękny	bardzo dobry	dobry	słaby
Polska	(I)	(II)	(III)	(IV)	(V)	(VI)	(VII)
UK	uncirculated	extra fine	very fine	fine	very good	good	fair
UK	(UNC)	(XF)	(VF)	(F)	(VG)	(G)	(FR)
Deutschland	stempelglanz	vorzüglich	sehr schön	schön	sehr gut	gut	gering erhalten
Deutschland	(ST) / (STGL)	(VZ) / (VZGL)	(SS)	(S)	(SG) / (SGE)	(G)	(GE)
Nederland	fleur de coin	prachtig	zeer frai	frai	zeer goed	goed	redelijk
Nederland	(FDC)	(P)	(ZF)	(FR)	(ZG)	(G)	(R)
España	sin circular	extraordinariamente bien conservada	muy bien conservada	bien conservada plus	bien conservada	regular conservada	mal conservada
España	(SC)	(EBC)	(MBC)	(BC+)	(BC)	(RC)	(MC)
France	fleur de coin	superbe	très très beau	très beau	beau	assez beau	-
France	(FDC)	(SUP)	(TTB)	(TB)	(B)	(AB)	-
Sverige	ocirkulerat	mycket vackert	vackert	fullgott	ej fullgott	dåligt	-
Sverige	(0)	(01)	(1+)	(1)	(1?)	(2)	-
Italia	fior di conio	splendido	bellissimo	molto bello	bello	discreto	-
Italia	(FDC)	(SPL)	(BB)	(MB)	(B)	(D)	-
Portugal	soberba	bela	muito bem conservada	bem conservada	muito regular	regular	mal conservada
Portugal	(SOBERBA)	(BELA)	(MBC)	(BC)	(MREG)	(REG)	(MC)

USA	mint state	about uncirculated	extremely fine	very fine	fine	very good	good	about good	fair	poor
Sheldon Scale	MS 70-60	AU 55-50	XF(EF) 45-40	VF 35-20	F 15-12	VG 10-8	G 6-4	AG 3	FR2	P1

last update: 16 IX 2012

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