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I got a new Merc' too :)

pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
this came today ... thanks Broadstruck ... and it traces it's way back to the crazy fairlane driving Duck fan image

it's not quite the same grade as Relics 1917, but I like her.

Thoughts and/or opinions?


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“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

Todd - BHNC #242

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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    63 no bands.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is the mark next to the B a light scratch?

    If it is, I'm going with 63 NB, if not 64 NB
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  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is the mark next to the B a light scratch?

    Yes, a very light one, but it reflects the lighting position noticably ... much less noticable in hand.

    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice 18-D !

    That is green toning and not PVC...right ?
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is green toning and not PVC...right ? >>



    Yes green toning as there's not even a trace of pvc on this Merc.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice 18-D !

    thank you image

    That is green toning and not PVC...right ?

    yes, some emerald green and some blue-green toning ... more than I could capture



    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice coin! MS61?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey nice coin!! Thats the nicest 61 I think you will ever see. I about hit the floor when it came back from PCGS as a 61. As the old saying goes, buy the coin not the plastic.

    Hopefully some of the raw dimes I bought tonight will be as nice as the one you just got.

    Ken
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks all ... it is indeed in a pcgs 61 holder ... and it is a beauty of a coin for that grade. Not a FB,
    but actually pretty close ... although would never go.

    I own about a dozen pcgs graded 63's ... and I am relatively certain that other than maybe three or
    four of the 63's, this coin is just as nice. If I covered all the grades and laid them out, letting you know
    there was a 61 in the bunch, I am almost 100% certain this is not the one you would pick.

    Thanks to Broadstruck, I got to see different pictures from different people of the coin including Ken's
    original pictures, and in the end, I had a good feeling and decided to give her a whirl.

    I'm glad I did ... she found a good home.

    image


    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice, I would've never guess 61 based on those photos.
    Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am sure the coin is better in hand... I like Merc's and this is a nice one.. but the photograph seems somehow, a bit lifeless. Cheers, RickO
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I am sure the coin is better in hand... I like Merc's and this is a nice one.. but the photograph seems somehow, a bit lifeless. Cheers, RickO >>



    A photo I took of the coin.

    image

    Ken

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