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Toned 1945 Mercury Dime & Pricing Confusion

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Its hard to find a good reverse on 1945-P, mint state example are mostly poor struck.
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Could not agree more with T-Bop. The lack of obverse hair detail, the lower horizontal band smooth, the olive branch blending into the fasces on the reverse. A low AU. And that would be generous at best. PCGS missed on that grade. A counterfeit slab?
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There is no point in counterfeiting a slab for a 1945 dime. They just are struck that poorly.
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PCGS missed on that grade..


No they didn't. There's a reason why FB examples for that date cost several thousand even in low MS and 5 figures in 65 and up
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Fully struck 1945 dimes are *rare* and FB examples reach into 5 figures for gems.

Not really true. I've already purchased one for as low as $12. Another one for a little over $200. They are not as rare as people say they are. True according to statistics only about 2% of all 1945 Mercury dimes had FSB's. But that is 2% of almost 160,000,000 so there are lots of them out there and in high grades too. Since this is not a highly publicized fact, even many dealers at coin shows do not know that those types of Mercury dimes may be expensive. Some time ago I printed out a story about this and gave copies to some dealers I know at coin shows and they all were fascinated by this fact. They are just not as rare as people think.
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