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For Grading - 1943 S Mercury Dime

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 Posted 07/08/2025  1:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CollegeBarbers to your friends list
Hmmm. . . between the spots, the mark between "I" and "B" on the obverse, and the line in the field below "UNUM" on the reverse, I'm not so sure. The spot behind Liberty's head is definitely visible. I could see CACG saying it's MS-65, maybe a 66.
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 Posted 07/08/2025  1:25 pm  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
From what people have posted here, CAC seems pickier than PCGS.

Great variety coin, and a beautiful specimen. =)
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 Posted 07/08/2025  9:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
I'll guess MS-65. Nice coin!
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 Posted 07/08/2025  10:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list
All depends if the grader thinks the "spot" will continue to grow. I'm not a grader so my opinion of "It won't grade 66 and definitely not FBL" remains unvalidated!
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 Posted 07/09/2025  11:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikev50 to your friends list
nice coin---save yourself some money---don't send it in---leave as is---imo---
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 Posted 07/09/2025  12:50 pm  Show Profile   Check HumblePie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add HumblePie to your friends list

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nice coin---save yourself some money---don't send it in---leave as is---imo---


I'm sending it in because of the Trumpet Tail mint mark, which is rare on the 1943-S and adds significant value.
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 Posted 07/09/2025  3:34 pm  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
Dumb question: will CAC put a variety label on the holder? Or will the coin go back to PCGS for variety attribution first?
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 Posted 07/09/2025  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Check HumblePie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add HumblePie to your friends list

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will CAC put a variety label on the holder


CAC is the company that puts the green stickers on NGC & PCGS holders.

CACG is the coin grading company.

CACG will grade and put the variety on the holder.
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 Posted 07/10/2025  3:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
MS65 outside shot at 66. not FSB
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 Posted 07/10/2025  4:07 pm  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
Thanks for the info. I hadn't realized that CAC and CACG were effectively different entities. Now I understand. You aren't going for a green bean on the existing slab, you are going to crack that PCGS slab and submit the coin to CACG for attribution and grading.
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 Posted 07/10/2025  7:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fortcollins to your friends list
Just another option to consider. Since you already have the MS-66 grade from PCGS, and the Trumpet Tail is a Cherry Picker's Guide variety, Variety Slabbing Service could add its variety seal to the existing PCGS slab. That would avoid any crossover grade risk, and provide proof of the variety. I've done that with a number of coins, and the VSS attribution is respected.

Just an option I'm tossing out there, and I'm not trying to talk you into taking a different path.

Absolutely beautiful coin, and a fantastic example of a tough variety. Your collection has some of the nicest examples of great varieties that I've seen.
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Variety Slabbing Service

WOW! How many of us here are kicking ourselves in the butts for not thinking of this idea? I think we are running out of stickering services to make some money on!

Never would have thunk it - but has been around for 22 years.....
https://www.varslab.com/

I saw this in a nightmare once
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 Posted 07/11/2025  10:15 am  Show Profile   Check HumblePie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add HumblePie to your friends list
Thank you all for grading opinions and the thumbs up on this coin!



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Variety Slabbing Service could add its variety seal to the existing PCGS slab.


Thanks, I always forget about this service.


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Absolutely beautiful coin, and a fantastic example of a tough variety. Your collection has some of the nicest examples of great varieties that I've seen.


Thank you for those kind words!!



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 Posted 07/11/2025  10:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Never would have thunk it - but has been around for 22 years.....
Here is a throwback topic from 2007. It predates my own CCF membership!

https://goccf.com/t/10539
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