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 Wouldn't seem to be (have been) a likely candidate for TPG. |
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I should have included these in the original post. The original pics are with a ringlight, which tends to show a coin's colors best. These add'l pics are with an angled light, which tends to show luster best. Yes, they look like two different coins, but they are the same.   |
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What the heck - I'll say MS63. Weak hair details are from a worn die as the metal flow lines are very apparent.  |
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Thanks, but still a very mundane coin, gigantic mintage, not worth TPG fees.  |
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One day 1943 will be a special date like the Civil War dates are today, imho. The most valuable 20th century coin is dated 1943.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
10/03/2017 8:04 pm
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 Why would this ever be valuable? |
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I'm sure many people said that about most coins in the 18th and 19th century IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I'm sure many people said that about most coins in the 18th and 19th century They ain't saying that anymore though.  |
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Submitter probably thought he was going to bag a high grade MS. Maybe he did.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Alrighty then. The coin was graded as MS-64 FULL BANDS  Maybe there is enough of a separation to justify the FB designation, or maybe PCGS only looks at the upper and lower bands, not the middle set? Coin actually looks pretty nice (not spectacular) in hand. It cost me all of $8, and in all honesty, I was buying it because it was in an OGH, of which I didn't have any, and wanted one for posterity's sake.  And here we go -   |
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Wonder if it would get FB if resubmitted with todays grading
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I won't be doing it, but it would be interesting to see what they say. They only look at the middle set of bands. Quote:
Full Bands
Mercury Head Dimes: The central bands on the fasces on the reverse should be completely separated from left to right, without any breaks, marks or gaps. Note: PCGS may designate in grades of 60 and higher. |
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It was graded before a long weekend, and the graders have just finish grading thousand of other 1943 Mercs.  |
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