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I will say ms63 also not fsb
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MS63 or 64. I'm going with MS63 no FSB
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I'd say MS-63. Some nice die cracks, but that line running from behind the eye is definitely a small scratch on the coin, not the die.
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Die clash of reverse D of Dime on Obverse at K.11-11.45; I don't know to grade Mercs, will leave it for others.
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I think it's a nice MS64 personally.
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Some nice die cracks, but that line running from behind the eye is definitely a small scratch on the coin, not the die. Here is a close up of that area. I tried for a photo without the light hitting and giving a reflection. 
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I'm at MS64 on this one, great die cracks! Edit: also looks like some extensive die polishing in the fields between B E R.
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11/29/2022 3:43 pm
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Hard to tell from your latest photo, but your first closeups suggest that the lower line is incuse, compared to the parallel die crack above it. With the light source coming from the same direction (from below), it should have a shadow similar to the die crack if it was a raised line from a die scratch.
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It's a die crack.
Our eyes have a hard time determining relief when not all of the context is visible. In other words, when you look at the last few photos, it can look as though the cap "wing" and lettering are incuse (sunk into the surface of the coin) instead of being raised above the surface of the coin like they actually are. This effect is not noticed as much on the couple of photos where the "T" in ..RTY is visible in-frame, which gives us a clear reference point to determine that those areas are in fact raised.
The very last photo you can tell that the metal of the crack is definitely raised above the adjacent surfaceS.
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