HRH says "Full Bands" is currently being considered . . .

DMWJR

Stay tuned. HomerunHall plans on making an announcement about this soon. He has heard our prayers and will deliver the decree in the near future. He says "watch the home page."

Coppernicus

Full bands for what? Can't be Mercs...Rosies?

NoGvmnt

Full bands for what? Can't be Mercs...Rosies?
Probably for the Full Torch designation on the rosies.
Jim

oreville

You have it all wrong.

The term should be "FTB." FULL TORCH BANDS.

OR "FBT" FULL BANDS TORCH.

Why???? You need a distinction between Full Bands for mercs and roosies. So FB is out.

FT is also out. Full Torch WHAT???????????

FTB or FBT follows the precedent set by the Franklin halves FBL FULL BELL LINES, also a three letter acronym. Did PCGS call the lines on the Liberty Bell FB (FULL BELL(S) )???? Of course NOT!!

Add FTB as well as FBT to the poll and I predict overwhelming support for at least one of them.

I only request that I be annointed as the father of either FTB or FBT or both.

If such acronym is selected I only ask for a lifetime of free grading of roosies from PCGS.

Cam40

I got it.

FTL
Full Torch Lines

Cool.
I,m going to love the free lifetime member submissions.

oreville

Cam4o: Not bad but the Franklin Bell really have lines.

The Roosie does not have lines they really have bands!!

So pass the free lifetime member submission torch back to me!

Cam40

Ok.
FTBL then full torch band lines.
hehe

Ok We,re both wrong.Its going to be HRT
high relief torch

dorkkarl

maybe "full bands" refers to upcoming rock concerts? is boston touring again? grand funk railroad???

K S

Gilbert

I believe this is over on the Q&A forum, and my understanding is that the FB is being considered because the Roosie collectors felt it was a better determinant than FT. Sounds sensible to me. I'm curious where or who proposed the "torch" in the first place.

jom

I wonder why I've never heard anyone talk about "full torch" on Roosey's other than on this board? I had heard that FB, FH etc were collected years ago but FT (or full band or whatever the hell they want to call it)?

I'm still surprised these "roosey collectors" don't want FULL STRIKE designations. Is that what you are really looking for when it comes to eye appeal on a coin?

jom

ms700

FTB=Full torch bands is best for the roosevelt dime series.

A futuristic conversation:
"Oh I just got a new FB dime."
"Oh really? What grade?"
"Oh a MS-69FB dime."
"What??? There are so few MS-69FB Mercuries out there!"
"Oh sorry, I didn't tell you it was a Roosevelt Dime in FB? Hmm, maybe we should have used that FTB to make it easier? I guess we blew it when we had the chance years ago to call it FTB?"

VonZipper

But once you know what year it is won't people know which dime it is?

ms700

FBL=Full Bell Lines...Franklins
FTB=Full Torch Bands...Roosevelt Dimes
FB =Full Bands....Mercury Dimes
FH = Full Head....Standing Liberty Quarter
DMPL=Deep Mirror Proof Like....Morgan Silver Dollars
PL =Proof Like .....Morgan Silver Dollars

If you really prefer FB for Roosevelt dimes to make the symbol 2 letters then you also need to change Franklins to FL or to FB as well. You would then need to be consistent.
The reality is that no series shares the same symbols. They should have their own. That has been the pattern PCGS has followed up to now. You want to change all that?

ms700

Von Zipper: When someone says they have some nice FB dimes for me to look at I want to be able to know those are mercury dimes without having to ask for the year or series!!

quattrocoins

"When someone says they have some nice FB dimes for me to look at I want to be able to know those are mercury dimes without having to ask for the year or series!!"

ROTFLMAOWTIME