Hey Rich People, will someone buy this for me? *Mercateers: Pls Look*

JrGMan2004

Link $2,000 BIN on EBay.

XpipedreamR

Ooh...Baby

RGL

Right ... how does this coin make MS-68 with those apparent cheek marks...any detraction that immediately draws your eye is not supposed to even grade 67 ...

coinguy89

<< <i>Right ... how does this coin make MS-68 with those apparent cheek marks...any detraction that immediately draws your eye is not supposed to even grade 67 ... >>



Yeah I noticed that.

JrGMan2004

Might not be as apparent in person...

elwood

Nice coin!! BUT................

MS-68..........NO WAY!!!!

I even question the FB Designation?

JadeRareCoin

George, are you kidding me? Why would you want that thing? I mean take a look at it. The reverse was struck upside down!! That thing is flawed. I would melt it down for silver.

JrGMan2004

hehehe... thx for the laugh Dennis

TonedCoinTrader

<<I even question the FB Designation? >>

I agree the bands look Mushed together to me too.

Scott

coinguy89

<< <i><<I even question the FB Designation? >>

I agree the bands look Mushed together to me too.

Scott >>



I actually agree with the full bands but not the MS-68, thats all, hey we got the same name, how cool.

TonedCoinTrader

Same name and cool Toned icon's too

Sphinx357

Full split bands my @$$

JrGMan2004

The FB designation seems low-end to me... but I think the "mushyness" you see, is just because of the angle of the shot. It makes it so some of the less struck-up areas are lower, and flat.

My grade on the coin is a Technical 67FB that got a bump for eye appeal.

Fairlaneman

68 with a hit on the horizontal bands. Get Real !!!! More gradeflation in my book.

That dime would be hard pressed to get a 67 from me.

This is typical of some of the junk getting the high grades from PCGS and NGC within the Merc series.

Ken

PS: This is a picture. Maybe its better in person but I doubt it.

Baley

nice coin, even if the bands are not quite full, the strike a little weak on the lower reverse, and the scratch on the cheek.

on the plus side, i'll bet the luster is coruscating

puff

Even PCGS makes mistakes.

airplanenut

If that is FB, why is my fatty NGC not?

harbon

Doesn't seem to be the best of pics.

elwood

And look at that hideous toning....it needs a good dipping, then it might 69.

Fairlaneman

<< <i>Even PCGS makes mistakes. >>



From what I have seen they have made alot of mistakes within the Merc Series during the last couple of years. Many 67's have been won at auction and truthfully only about thirtry percent would get 67 from me. I'm consistant though...

Ken

JrGMan2004

I think the picture is just a bad angle and is showing mushyness in the bands... but of course... what would I know about my choosen field...

And jeremy, I believe yours isn't because the bands aren't quite fully struck up. Though if you feel adamant that it is FB, why don't you send it in for designation review?

Fairlaneman

Both coins shown are questionable on the FB. If both coins are 68's there should be no question at all. IMO NGC got it correct on the coin shown. Of course they have been pretty tough on giving the designation all along. Sometimes they blow it but not very often.

One other comment. If that PCGS coin is not FB the Dealer should send it back and get this corrected. If the dealer does not send it back some collector will receive the shaft somewhere down the road. This is a $2000 common date coin. Would I pay that much for a common date ? Think NO and you will be correct. $200 is more like it.

Ken