1945 D Mercury FSB?

I apologize, I searched and still couldnt find it. What does LDS stand for?

Edit: Dug some more and see it, Late die State, so its marks are due to being done in an older die, yet the bands are still in fairly good shape?

Do you see the lines on the obverse? almost streaking, orange peelish? Thats a sign of LDS....Its when the die is reaching the end of its career and cant be polished anymore lol.

That said, With a later die state, Devices of the coin (letters,images, ect,) tend to become mushy and with a weakened appearance. The Bands, as well as with the steps on a Jefferson nickel, are high sensitive points that are usually the first to "go" on a die. Most full steps/Full bands are from freshly changed dies that give the crisp clean design to the devices that the designer originally wanted.

Im sure you will have to read that a couple times, I havent slept yet! I may even need to edit it but I think you get the idea. ANY MARKS, HITS, NICKS, DINGS, DENTS, SCRATCHES, ^^^ANYTHING^^^ that causes a break/interruption in those bands, demerits it from being FULL SPLIT BANDS. Would be more like almost split bands except for that one time I dropped it.

top and bottom bands look good. I'm a bit concerned about the far left side of the middle picture.

I'm hesitant to grade from my smartphone, even with a 2560x1440 screen, but it looks like a very nice Gem Merc. These aren't uncommon with FSB so it won't add a ton of value.

I cant give you a grade but after reviewing pictures again, I would give it a thumbs up to being fsb

It looks FB to me. Nice dime!

Last try with macro until new equipment arrives.