1945-P FSB Mercury Dime (Fudope)

[wdrob]

 

I wasn't going to bump my wanted thread up any further in the Money Marketplace but I did want to answer Fudope

 

Mad expensive....book value is only $2500. I wont mind paying $3000, but I don't think I can afford $4595

 

I know it seems like crazy money but those come up for auction very seldom (someone correct me if I am wrong) and that price, starting high like that, is more than likely just a place to start haggling. $3,200 or $3,500 might be where he ends up.

 

Of course there is always the chance that he sticks to his guns and eventually someone will drive by and buy it. But I can't fault him for starting so high since I believe most all of those are in strong hands and aren't going anywhere.

 

 

 

 

[coinman_23885]

My advice is to be very careful when buying one of these to make sure that the coin is not a broadstruck coin in an unattributed holder. Sometimes, a broadstruck can be very minor and difficult to see with the gasket around a coin in a TPG slab. A broadstruck 1945 FB will be worth less than a normal FB.

[wdrob]

I read something about that the other day. Maybe over ATS. I may have to read up on that but for now I am just marking that one off my list.

 

I wonder if the person who bought by NGC AU Details FS-301 1847-P Seated Liberty Quarter is on this site and reads occasionally.

 

If so --- I Want It Back!

 

Seriously though I would buy it back.

 

 

 

 

[Raisethis2]

I thought a few years ago I heard that some enterprising thief was using a laser to separate Merc Bands in rather convincing fashion.

 

That's a slippery slope of a coin that I'd probably want in an NGC holder just because the standards are not the same between the 2 services.

[e1cnr]

This coin is also a favorite of slab counterfeiters - making a 'sandwich' of 2 coin halves in 1 slab.