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My Black on Black Mercury Dime went to PCGS for grading.
Fairlaneman
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How do you think it did?
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Ken
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65-FB
I kind of like it, just not familiar with PCGS's stance on the extent of the coloration being environmental damage or the more acceptable toning. If acceptable I would think 65fb. I have never dealt with black mercury dimes, so not familiar.
Again, I do like it.
Jim
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Hard to say... I'll wager muted luster keeps it at 64 FSB
That’s for our hosts to say. Don’t much like it. Doesn’t seem very lustrous.
64FSB.
The blues on the reverse remind me of a natural gas flame color.
65fsb
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I don't see a lot of marks in the photos and the bands are well defined so I'll go 66FB.
K
Beautiful coin, sometimes the toning hides some imperfections and because of that they will limit the grade to what they can guarantee.
I’ll guess 64FB with room for improvement
But then again it could be AU58 FB
Curious what it ended up as
66FSB!
Ill give it 65 FB. Similar tone, blues, to the 1916 I used to have.
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I say 65 FB. Wonder about the rainbow toning though.
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Based on a couple of 64FBs I’ve seen with a ton of luster I’ll guess 63FB. They seem to grade 1916s a little tougher than other year. I suppose because a good percentage were well struck and put away.
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63+ FB, or AT
Commems and Early Type
MS64 only because the obverse luster is lacking.
MS 63 FB
I recently submitted a 1944-D dime for grading that is darkly toned like your 1916. It graded MS66FB.
Here is the Trueview photo of my dime. It does not come close to showing how the coin looks in hand as the light used to take the photo was apparently too bright.
Here are cell phone photos of my coin I just took. The lighting present for these photos is morning sunlight and overhead office light. These photos show how the coin looks in hand. The toning is dark and multi colored. There is nice luster under the toning.
P.S. I guess your coin graded MS66FB.
I could see it as a 65, but I think it might be too muted for that. Unless there are contact marks visible in hand that are hidden by the toning in the photos, I’d guess 64. I think FB, assuming what I see at the far left isn’t a merge/blip where they aren’t split.
Was it in a NGC and you sent raw?
65FB
MS64FB
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When I submitted the coin I thought it would go MS65FB . I was concerned about the luster on the obverse but thought the reverse would carry it to a 65. As you can see above the reverse was just not quite enough to get it to 65. 64FB is just fine with me but the reverse sure is pretty. This was a ebay win that was submitted raw.
Thanks for all of the comments.
Ken
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I think it will come back as a 65 fb
I believe it was the obverse, not the reverse, that “was just not quite enough to get it to 65”. And that based on the reverse color, you misrepresented the coin in calling it “black on black”.😈
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Grade limited due to toning; probably 65fb.
So, which one of us that called the 64FB wins the coin?
Late to the party, but it sure looked like a reasonable shot at 65FB. Pretty coin Ken!
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