It's a bummer when the Bands are so close to being FSB...
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Especially when it's this Date and MM 
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So close! That price jump with FB would have been fantastic.
Not really. That means it's a good strike, but without the high price.
Even if the bands were complete on your coin, the hits across them would disqualify it. It's something I don't agree with but the Full Step, Full Bell folks do the same thing.
I would imagine some premium for such a good strike on a '45?
Collector, occasional seller
close miss
I suspect you sent in yourself, 'eh? Learned a bunch since then, right?
Nice coins, regardless.
bob
In my mind I'd like to think so' as most all of them are really flat at the center bands.
Actually, no, I did not send this in myself. I knew it wasn't full bands when I bought it but it was as close as I could ever get because I'm not shelling out that much of a premium for the FB on a slab.
Markets evolve. At one time, the strike on a coin was no big deal. Now it is and the standard is still evolving. Look around and see how many weakly struck coins that used to be limited to '64 are now graded higher.
TPGS's rule. As stamp grading evolved, many 3c stamps that were considered to be worthless and relegated for modern postage are now in slabs for $$$ due to their condition and assigned grades.
For comparison, I have this 45-P in a PCGS 65 slab with a Gold Bean and look at how washed out the center band is including the diagonal crossband underneath too.
So, you have a MS66 AFSB merc
"almost full split bands"
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Have that center band lasered..........
.............you know it crossed your mind.
The detail went to the obverse hair, which means more to me anyway.
Nothing a dental drill couldn’t take care of.....
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Serious question......
Aside from maybe reselling to recoup the cost (or maybe making a profit...or maybe not) at some point in the future....is it worth the extra cost for the one you purchased over what the one in the OP may have cost? It seems quite nicely struck as well.
I like FB and all, but, if the comparative piece is just as nice, with the exception of maybe a little bit around the bands, very minor bit, and the cost differential is pretty high.......well, that's where I tend to not see the value, myself, in the more expensive label....errr.....coin.....
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
I was thinking this 31-s might have a chance, but didn't want to lose the 65 OH and cac:
Actually I was thinking a razor blade and a microscope would work on my 45 P.
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@Sandman70gt said: "Actually I was thinking a razor blade and a microscope would work on my 45 P."
LOL, Not a chance.
@logger7 said: "I was thinking this 31-s might have a chance, but didn't want to lose the 65 OH and cac:"
NOPE!
Edit: IMO
Once used a microscope (capable of viewing micro-organisms) to view the steps on Monticello. What I most remember was how large a razor blade edge was compared to one of the step indentions. The point of a wooden toothpick looked like a #2 pencil eraser. I would like to know how the mint created such intricate detail in 1938, and then made it live through striking dies and millions of nickels.