GTG - Early Mercury Dime
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I must admit I was a bit surprised at this one, didn't see too many problems, even when blown up to saucer plate size, and well struck:
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64FB
Wizzed.
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That I do not believe at all. Blazing coruscating luster that does not show in this photo. Possible very lightly rusted dies with excellent (IMHO) strike. I will take another picture in the AM.
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66FB
65FB
Looks nice from the pics. Guessing 65FB.
I would question the surfaces ?
There are a number of reasons why this could be!
The strike is above average.
65FB.
66fb
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65FB, no way this is whizzed imho
64FB
Here are some more pictures. I tried to show with them that the surfaces have that lovely “orange peel” surfaces.
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Luster seems lacking. 65 FB?
The second set of photos seem off. I'll say unc. details, altered surfaces.
Nope, not IMHO. These are cartwheel surfaces with original orange peel luster as good as any I've seen and certainly not lacking. This coin most definitely needs to be seen in hand.
It is not for sale but for the Mercury fans out there will be at the next Baltimore show. I just like seeing coins like this.
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This thread could be a poster child for not grading coins with pictures. Your first pictures are gorgeous, and I was thinking MS66FB. In the last picture you posted of the obverse, the fields do not look at all pristine in the 2:00-3:00 and 8:00-11:00 regions, there appears to be a large contact mark on the bottom of the neck at 6:00, and I see chatter on the cheek; all of which make me think MS64FB. I don't see whizzing or cleaning either, but I must admit, I can't grade a Merc to save my life. : )
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I have a very similar 1920 that is MS66 CAC. However, the graders did not give mine an FB, even though it is. Yours has some strike flattening on the LIB letter tops; mine’s flattened on the other edge, on the 20 in the date. I would say yours should grade the same or better.
The only area of concern I see is the unusual smoothness in the field adjacent to the forehead. It looks like the kind of thing that might trigger a “wheel mark” details grade. Except, of course, a wheel mark is caused by a coin counting machine and cannot touch the field without also touching the device next to it. However, maybe they called it Tooled instead.
I hope they didn’t Details grade it. I just can’t think of a minting process that would produce such a flat spot on the die while the rest of the fields clearly show flow marks from die wear.
My guess is 66FB.
66FB. It looks like a nice coin. Improper white balance making those first photos yellowish is a letdown.
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65fb
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Nice.
It came back 63FB & almost lost my breakfast cereal. I bought it looking at it as a 65FB with shot 66FB. Andy L. had seen this coin and knew of it I believe. Am considering options but not selling. Perhaps someone with more specialization than me might take a look at the actual coin - perhaps at Baltimore as I'd suggested.
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