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Grade revealed -GTG 1942 mercury dime

PppPpp Posts: 512 ✭✭✭✭
edited April 18, 2023 4:56AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I hope the pictures are good enough for some guesses. I will post the grade later.

For the obverse and reverse I took pictures with an overhead light on and off.

Thank you in advance for your comments.

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  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like 65FB to me

    Mr_Spud

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You have close-up pics of the bands?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can't get a good read on the surfaces from the images but looks like a proof? PF64?


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  • alaura22alaura22 Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PR65

    Mike
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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 17, 2023 1:39PM

    The coin looks like a Proof and even excellent images don’t usually allow for meaningful grade guesses for Proof coins. Those images aren’t particularly good ones, so there’s absolutely no way to know how that coin should (or did) grade.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll guess PR64

  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,519 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Proof. That’s all I can guess from the images without a random number generator.

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • PppPpp Posts: 512 ✭✭✭✭

    Oakstar: I tried to get a close up of the bands.


  • 1madman1madman Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is the scratch that runs across the toning on Liberty’s neck on the coin or the slab?

  • PppPpp Posts: 512 ✭✭✭✭

    1madman: scratch is on the slab

  • Shane6596Shane6596 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ShinyFB

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    65FB

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    65FB

    Unless the images are highly misleading, the coin is a Proof, which wouldn’t be designated as “FB”.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, good point @MFeld. 👍🏻

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS65 FB I think its not a proof judging by the newer pics.

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  • ShurkeShurke Posts: 450 ✭✭✭✭

    I’m with the proof crowd. Impossible to evaluate it for hairlines, though.

    (Autocorrect wanted me to say it’s impossible to evaluate for hairiness).

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Shurke said:
    I’m with the proof crowd. Impossible to evaluate it for hairlines, though.

    (Autocorrect wanted me to say it’s impossible to evaluate for hairiness).

    Well, to be fair, the auto-correct version would also be correct.😉

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a Proof 64 .

  • robecrobec Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PR64

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  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's certainly a proof. I'd go PF-65

  • FlyingAlFlyingAl Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd call it a PR-65, but that's a wild guess. Certainly not MS.

    Coin Photographer.

  • dunkleosteus430dunkleosteus430 Posts: 476 ✭✭✭✭

    PR-63

    Young Numismatist

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm with the PR65 ensemble.

  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,195 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Proof ....these are hard to grade via pictures but I'll throw out a PR 65 for fun

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it could be a proof dime... Certainly a VERY good year ;):D Cheers, RickO

  • PppPpp Posts: 512 ✭✭✭✭

    My pictures were so bad the closest guess was two grades off. I have to figure out a better way of taking photographs (my problem).
    Regardless, thank you for your guesses and comments. Now I wonder if this coin if it was submitted would it be a pr67?

  • dsessomdsessom Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was going to guess PR66. It's a nice looking Mercury proof.

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  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I suspect in hand it looks great, I would not crack that one, no way.

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