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Pillar of the Community
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Poll Question
I don't want people to guess that I'm too much of a "Noob" when I'm posting. Is it ExtraFine or eXtraFine .... EF or XF? Which do you use or do you use both?
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Moderator
 United States
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I answered EF because I am old school,but both are acceptable. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 ef |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1026 Posts |
I use both depending on my mood and what I've been reading lately .... if I've been reading EF a lot, I'll probably use that more often. But, If I just read XF, I'll probably use that.
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United States
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To me it's the same as BC/AD vs BCE/CE, in that they mean the exact same thing so I don't have a preference really. If I had to choose, well, EF maybe, but I've also used XF before.
YGP
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Moderator
United States
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Both.  Quote:
To me it's the same as BC/AD vs BCE/CE Or the Cent versus Penny debate. You need to be aware of the options.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1351 Posts |
EF is a mainly UK grade.
XF is a US grade equivalent to UK NVF to VF
That's how I see it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I use XF but either one is acceptable. Xf is going to be the predominate one though since that's what PCGS and NGC use, always looks a little funny seeing the ANACS or ICG EF
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
Interchangable. I use XF because verbally EF and VF sound similar enough that I say "It's VF" they could hear it as EF or vise-versa. XF and VF are far enough apart sound wise that it isn't an issue. Also IMO XF sounds cooler.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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As for the meaning , both EF and XF are the same . When I first started collecting I always used XF ,it was like easier to write than EF . now I use what most Numismatic biggies use : EF . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
789 Posts |
Does the word "extra" start with an e or an x?
Case closed.
Change my mind.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8938 Posts |
@joecoin Don't be so "X-tra"   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does the word "extra" start with an e or an x?
Case closed.
Change my mind.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I primarily use XF. That's just because that's what I first saw when I started seriously collecting. But I've seen both and used both.
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Posted 06/11/2019 4:17 pm
