Why Do I Keep Seeing These Mercs on the Market Time and Time Again?

ChuckC

1945-S merc

jayboxx

There seem to be a lot of them like that, huh? Here's mine.

JZrarities

I got one too...

robertpr

It's been discussed on the forums before, if I remember correctly it is the result of a special holder that was used for a bank promotion or something way back.

ChuckC

Ya, that's what I remember hearing. But how many? It seems like the market keeps turing up these examples.

dunerlaw

I got one too.
Looks just like yours.
I think there is a couple of hundred of these in NGC holders.

JrGMan2004

Because a large collection was sent to NGC, and they all share a similar toning, and many graded MS68