I Recently Came Across This 1939 Mercury Dime

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Baastacoin New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 01:30 am Please give me your best estimate. Would this be considered FB? Edited by Baastacoin 12/09/2018 02:13 am Report this Post to the Staff

chipjones Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 01:58 am I would say it's worth a couple bucks. Not full split bands. FBL are on Franklin half's Report this Post to the Staff
Baastacoin New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 02:15 am I meant FB, OP has been edited to show that. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6615 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 06:34 am VF35 Full bands means full spilt bands. Yours is not Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 06:38 am The situation that requires a Mercury dime to be Fully Split Bands is that usually requires the coin to be in at least MS60 or better condition, and that it is struck from fresh dies. Even then, some Mercurys may not be FSB. The band detail needs to be sharply struck up enough for all bands to be clearly separated along the whole of their length, without interruption, and 'Fully' means that the tops of the bands are of the shape that resembles the rounded top of a loaf of bread. These requirements make FSB Mercurys rather scarce, some would say 'rare'. You may be lucky enough to get only a few from hundreds of Mint State 60 condition or better examples. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 10:01 am Circulated coin, can't be full bands. Keep asking! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11899 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 12:09 pm this coin looks about vf35 and not full split bands. and circulated coins can certainly be fsb. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36878 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 1:59 pm VF-35 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 4:14 pm Wear is the biggest enemy of a previously FSB. Nicks and scratches over the bands don't do FSB's any favors, either. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 12/09/2018 10:15 pm VF-35 Report this Post to the Staff
one_fine_dime Pillar of the Community United States 591 Posts	Posted 12/10/2018 4:23 pm VF-35 and sub MS-grade specimens can still be FSB. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5837 Posts	Posted 12/10/2018 4:49 pm Download the Photograde app from PCGS. There you can make conditions comparison to many coins, help you in grading your coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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