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Thanks for the responses to my inquiry. I am very happy to see all of the high grade appraisals of the coin's grade. I won it on ebay for $36. The auction photo showed it in a holder labeled "Gem BU!" with a $550.00 price on it. I took that with a grain of salt, but it did look like a nice coin. It turns out the seller was being honest about the grade. Knowing the value of the 1923 with FB in both MS-65 and MS-66, I am going to consider submitting the coin to NGC for grading. Paul Bulgerin
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An acetone soak first might do it a world of good.
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Submit it. I like Ed's suggestion of acetone as well. Heck, I'd be thinking of something even more nefarious myself.  |
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I am going to go against the grain here and say 63-64. 1923 is one of the best looking pre-depression issues and gets graded harshly.
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I finally got around to giving the Mercury the acetone treatment. It's a little less "hazy" and the gold toning shows up some more.   Paul Bulgerin
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Nice coin. The surface appeared rubbed or lightly scratch on the obverse, evident at the rim area. I think the highest it will grade a 65-FB on a better day, but would sure be a 64-FB in my opinion. The light can play tricks.
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I finally got around to sending this lovely Mercury to NGC last week. The coins should be arriving there tomorrow.
I'll let folks know what NGC says.
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Just saw NGC grading results. The coin received an "MS-65 FB" grade so I'm very happy with that, especially considering I only paid $23 for it.
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I checked my previous posts and it looks like I paid $36 for this one, not $23.
But it's still a nice profit.
Makes up for the two "Details" coins I had in this group.
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