This Ebay Win arrived in the mail yesterday. 1923P Mercury Dime.
Fairlaneman
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Your thoughts about the coin. Hopefully the pictures are good enough for you to give a opinion.
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Ken
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Sure looks pretty well struck to me. 64/65FB depending on in hand luster.
Nice n crusty. Like it.
Jim
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Looks like a solid MS64FSB to me.... in hand it could go 65.... Cheers, RickO
I agree... very nice piece, nice strike... 64FB
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Looks great like near gem or gem.
Looks original too.
Those early dates are sexy.
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Perhaps some doubling of date? Nice Merc.
Checked the FSB first. A big YES. A nice pick up.
Certainly not FB. I am not convinced it is even Uncirculated from the images.
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Fairlaneman
I have simply a question:
why do you take pictures through the plastic of the 2x2? ( I assume that is what I see?)
coin would show a lot better without a image through plastic and it would give everyone a much better view of it.
Pretty coin. My favorite date because of the flat top 3 (the only flat top in the series).
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maybe some friction the luster looks rubbed off on cheek?
AU 63 No FB.
IMHO the pic of the Merc does not look FB, but it is a looker.
It looks nice and original, and relatively clean. In the photo, I don't see any rub, so I want to say 63 (if there is rub, call it a 58). I'd want a bit more lustre (which may be there, but I'm not seeing it) to go 64/65.
Ah, thanks for the close up image of the band lines... yeah, there's a subtle break there. I'll still go with 64. I'm seeing a bit of luster still... perhaps it's my rose colored glasses... lol...
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What characteristic is a "flat top"?
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I love the toning around the die polish lines.
Take a look at the 3 in 1923 you will see the font used has a flat top; and when you look at the 3 in 1936 you will see the font used has a rounded top. Only the 1923 used this type of the number 3.
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See the post above for photo and notes.
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Tony you are a wealth of information. Through all of these years collecting the dimes I have never noticed the Flat Top 3 in the 1923 Date.
Ken
Thanks, Ken.
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Just information. Flat Top 3 was used on only these Dime dates. 1803, 1837 LG Date, 1843, 1923 and all of the Roosevelts. Do not think I missed any.
Ken