GRADE POSTED -- 1941-D Mercury Dime

[brg5658]

I'm a sucker for coins with booming luster and die polish lines. Guess the grade on this one; it's in a newer PCGS pronged holder.

 

[MarkFeld]

You need better lighting on the dark looking surfaces, which I am guessing are much lighter than portrayed. But I will guess MS66 FB.

[BillJones]

MS-66, but just misses the Full Bans. I see weakness on the left side.

[brg5658]

MS-66, but just misses the Full Bans. I see weakness on the left side.

 

The weakness you are seeing is a smudge over the middle set of bands on the holder. I tried to buff it out, but to no avail. They are all there in hand.

[coinman_23885]

MS66 FB

[$ilverHawk]

I don't see the separation in the middle band. MS66. IMHO, based on the pics, no way FB. I also like the die polish lines.

 

Carl

[brg5658]

I don't see the separation in the middle band. MS66. IMHO, based on the pics, no way FB. I also like the die polish lines.

 

Carl

 

As I already stated, there is a slab smudge over the middle bands.

 

I'm not a huge fan of axial photography, but sometimes it can "see through" scratches and other anomalies on the slab. Here is the reverse image photographed using axial lighting, and a zoom in of the middle bands.

 

 

[$ilverHawk]

I don't see the separation in the middle band. MS66. IMHO, based on the pics, no way FB. I also like the die polish lines.

 

Carl

 

As I already stated, there is a slab smudge over the middle bands.

 

I'm not a huge fan of axial photography, but sometimes it can "see through" scratches and other anomalies on the slab. Here is the reverse image photographed using axial lighting, and a zoom in of the middle bands.

 

 

 

Excellent photos. From the higher magnification photo, clearly this is not FB. What looks like a hit in the central upper band has merged the upper band into the lower band. The lower magnification photo gives an appearance of a split band. If the standard for attribution of FB is 5x then there is an argument for FB. Even though higher magnification shows the argument to be false.

 

Carl

[brg5658]

Well, PCGS gave this one FB. Again for me, it was the die polish lines and crazy luster that sold this one to me.