I Want This Coin So Badly!

Buy the 65FB. It's an excellent price, and the Full Bands are of greater interest if you happen to resell than a non-FB coin (even in a grade higher) would be.

L&C Coins is a large-scale, old-time dealer, one of the largest print advertisers and bulk-sales dealers, and you can make this purchase with confidence. I've bought from them, and stay on their mailing list.

Serious collectors always think about resale.

I agree with getting the FB version, and it is a good price. 1942-D is usually very well struck, so a non-FB coin is going to be considered by many to be inferior or flawed even if it's one grade higher. Get close-up pictures, of course. Make sure the text around the periphery is also well-struck, look at the level of detail in the hair, and make sure that low-relief elements like the motto and initials on the obverse look nice. For a common date that is abundant in gem condition, you can get really super picky!

It's just like the "many fish in the sea" advice about dating, except the coin is inanimate, so it doesn't have to like you back (although it still wants you to have lots of money).

rachums107, I like it a whole lot too, and I hope you get it. I'd never take your coin, but based on what others have said here about the value of the grade and the FSB and the dealer, I looked at the other offerings from this same dealer, and he had a 1941-S MS-65FB PCGS slabbed Mercury for $40 and I nabbed it. This will be my first slabbed coin, and my first absolutely genuine FSB Mercury dime, so I am pretty excited. I didn't wait for additional pics since it's a reputable slabbed coin and the dealer has a 7 day return policy.

I think the 1941-D is an excellent price, as I have been watching the for a bit now. I felt for the extra 5 bucks, I like the '41-S too given slightly smaller production numbers, and the large and small date varieties. Like I said, I hope you get this coin, and I have to thank you for the heads up on it, otherwise I wouldn't have found this '41-S I bought. I'll send in pics after I get it... I am pumped! Maybe I should have waited, but I didn't want it to get away, plus as I said, I trust the slabbing (isn't that one of the reasons why you get it slabbed?). Let us know what you decide to do.

Les

Yeah I was going to buy the 1942-D this morning but someone grabbed both of the them before I could... Oh well I'll just have to buy another one.

Yeah I bought another one this morning, NGC MS65 doesn't say full bands though but same price. REALLY nice. Check it out.

http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/C...=3406729-013

Very Nice Coin! Are you putting together a set of these?