A "natural" Mercury Dime(?)
TommyType
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Ok...Maybe someone will tell me it's been messed with despite my assessment. (The world kind of works that way).
But this coin caught my eye today at the local "First Sunday" coin show. It has nice luster that maybe the TV isn't showing, and the warm golden color kind of shines with it.
Wasn't shopping for Mercs...wasn't shopping for ANYTHING. But she came home with me as a nice "non-white" example, (which all of my other Mercs are). Fills the "Mercury Dime from the 20's" slot, so it has a spot in my collection.
You can guess the grade if you'd like....but I left the cert number in case you want to cheat. 
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Nice! Split bands too!
I will go 64FB with nice color.
Ken
That is one Beautiful original Merc Dime! Nice grab!
Forgot to say I think Ken is right on.
nice antique look. i like it. i think 64fb sounds about right.
You made a good decision taking this one home. Beautiful coin.
Nice bands and some crusty toning too! Good date filler for sure! Nice find .......
🇺🇸 Harlequin
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That's a nice Merc, I think if anyone told you that it had been messed they would be delirious.
Very nice Merc.... Certainly looks FB and 64 would be my guess too.... Cheers, RickO
In case anyone doesn't want to check the cert.....
I will confirm it is graded MS-64FB.
nice coin. them full bands stick out there rather nicely. ill go ms64 as well
Nice looking merc!
There have been a good amount of AT'd mercury dimes in straight graded holders from across the street, but your example doesn't look artificial at all. I've been watching and seeing one seller in particular on eBay selling the same electric blue/purple crescent toners for close to a year now. I have not clue how that seller is getting them into straight graded holders. Here is a link and picture of one of the completed auctions I'm talking about: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1937-S-NGC-MS64-Star-FB-Mercury-Dime-Rainbow-Toned-Beautiful-Coin-10C-GEM-2450-/223563497091?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l10137.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true