1924-s Mercury dime PCGS MS64 fb
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A dealer has this coin in his case. It looks like it sold at Stacks earlier in the year for $1320 though the PCGS guide is $4350. Is the lack of eye appeal the reason?
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Broadstrike. I would pay more IMHO.
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Wow!
It is fugly, but clearly a tough coin to price.
Would a similar &same grade nice bright 1944-d have brought more?
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I believe it’s more a function of the coin being priced as a non-FB error coin since many broadstrikes end up with FB as a side effect of the error. Easy to find a number of 1945 broadstrikes with FB that have sold for a fraction of what they would have gone for as a regularly struck FB coin.
I agree and also when blowing up the picture, I am not convinced the last digit is a 4
I have no idea how that got a straight grade without error designation ....
Very interesting coin. Certainly would be one to study in hand as the last digit is pretty much obliterated.
I think @DrewU makes a very valid point on pricing. Providing this is a '24-S, the value would be more toward date and error, and not to the FB designation. Since a 24-S in 64 is a +/- $800. coin, the price it went at Stacks seems reasonable ... maybe even a bit of a deal ... and possibly a situation where the difficulty of the date HURTS the premium of the error.
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This coin has a low certification number which leads me to believe that it was originally certified in the 1990s and then subsequently sent in for the Trueview and reholder. It is an open question on how PCGS would handle a "restoration" request. It must have toned a lot from the original grading.
that is an odd coin