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Greetings all. OK...I was not going to post this as I do not have very good pictures. Why? Don't know. I thought I had taken more and better quality. Some filtering was used as I remember on these way back when I got this and took these shots. I have a bazillion coin picture in multiple files. If I find better shots I will update. Some of these are in flips. Hence, some glare/hairlines reflected, etc. But....this Merc is in PCGS now as 16 others are. It is in the Imaging and Grading process as my account notes. Probably a couple more weeks before I get them back. So....I figure what the heck, and let you folks give it a go with what I have. Should be enough to get a rough idea. IN-Hand, the Merc does have luster, but not white blast type. Nice cartwheel. Just a nice average look. Her chin has a small jowel ding. Ting on rim at 'B". But other than that, clean overall. Very symmetrical strike IMO on both sides. Thick deep rims. Strong lettering. Bars? Split IMO. Well, they are split, that is clear in-hand and under magnification. Middle bars are nice and fat, but upper bread slice has two diagonal dings, but not too bad. Couple black streaks here and there. Some toning on Obverse at bottom and slightly on peripheral edges here and there. Yes...pictures...very marginal for grading but again, it's in process for grading....give it a shot and let's see what happens. If cleaned......which I doubt, but no way I could know, and coin dealer I get from has 100% feedback, thousands of them, and no "Hey, this guy sold me a cleaned coin" comments. So..barring a clean fail....assuming it is not.....what do you think? And we know a 2018-D FB, if designated as such....can be a whopper value wise. MS-67 one sold for $195,500 in 2015. Lol. See it on Heritage. That's not going to happen, but who knows. MS-66's sold from $40,000 to $80,000. My bars look better than the $195,000 coin does IMO. Lol. Just sayin. Grade will matter of course, but even a mid-grade is very cool. Haha. This is one I may be wiling to part with if it goes high. Buy a whole bunch more coins with that bounty. Lol One can only hope. I did name this one "MercuPray" (hint, hint) :-) on the label I sent it with. Well, all my coins have names. Ok. Go for it. Here's the not so great Pictures:         Edited by BuyGuns
06/27/2020 3:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not FSB in my opinion.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Nice Merc but it doesn't look like the top bands are split with no interruptions . AU-MS63 .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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for FB or FSB you cannot have any impingement on that separation. the photos are little blurry but the nick on the left side appears to have slightly cut into it. I cant go FB on this one without sharper photos. as for grade MS63+
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with the majority here. No FSB, as the top bands appear not to be fully separated. Might be due to the photos.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm joining the NO FSB crowd. As for grade, hard to tell with these pics. I agree with T-Bop, AU-MS63. Looks like it had an old cleaning, could just be the pics.
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU-58 details, cleaned. no mint chartwheel luster, just a bright flat looking luster. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Little chance of getting FB designation from photos, too blurry in this case, and I can't say whether is detail or not.
Hope you got it at a fair price.
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Pillar of the Community
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 And your coin is dated 1918 not 2018. but I'm sure you know that |
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First, I want to thank you all for your fine comments, and as a result, I just cancelled that order I made two days ago for my new 2020 Mercedes-Benz AMT-GT. Gunna have to now go with the C-Class. Thanks guys.  Lol...just saw date entry....Fixed it. Ok.....very exciting comments. But as I said, maybe my first instincts were correct. Pics stink...don't post. Anyway, we will see how it goes, and no I did not pay much for it (will look up exact amount and post), which is why I thought something was wrong and took a bit to decide. But it was a over two years ago. Meh. My guess was MS-63, so you all are right in there. Or cleaned. No idea....but I figured you guys could detect even with pics. I will post it good or bad. If you folks are correct on consensus here, with crap photos...my hat off to ya.....again.  . And......(drum roll please)....you probably are. No biggie, but it is a nice Merc. No more poop pics though on future coins (well, if I can avoid it). Haha. I also figured the bar (no pun intended) will be set high for a coin of this rarity in high FB grades. Fun to hope though. I will learn alot from these batch of coins (which I noted a number of times...finally grading). If I need to adjust in my picking and who not to buy from, if they come back cleaned or altered. If many do? It's time to end most on-line buying, and go with in-store flesh. But I know that can be risky to. Alas...we will see. More experience and research needed. Ok, thx for the candidness as usual. Brutal as usual, with a smattering of encouragement.....I LOVE IT! Nothing worse than softie responses. Haha. That's why we are here. (Some of you may remember a few of my posted coins. They are at PCGS as well...."Chief Double Snakes" FS-501 1936-S Buff / "Red Treat" 1879-S Morgan / "Mercury Monroe" 1920-D Merc [not expecting much from that-Cleaned?] / "Chief War Paint" 1913 T2 Buff [Superb toning]/ "Mercury Rising" 1917 FB Merc / "Dark Knight" 1898 Morgan [crazy dark toning]/ "Tone Mountain" 1925 50C Commemorative Jackson-Lee [monster toning...IMO]/ "Chief Better Dayz" 1928 D Buff (he has seen better days, but pretty tones) lol / "Jeff's Alien Landing" 1971 FS Jefferson nickel Double Strike with two dates + mm / and others......). Will post all upon receipt. to see how everyone did. I know you all are losing sleep over this waiting. But relax, their coming.  And T-BOP.....I am still trying to decide on that Jefferson you so generously posted. Very tough decision. My obviously sharp instincts tell me to go for it. To make up for this Merc if it's a dud. Only $420 was it? And that rare ONE-STEP feature (er....Run and Jump Step feature)? Sheesh....a bargain. Whada Ya think?   Edited by BuyGuns
06/27/2020 4:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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And that rare ONE-STEP feature (er....Run and Jump Step feature)? Looks more like a slide feature. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm goin for it....MS63FB
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Looked up invoice. Paid $250. So if cleaned? Bust. If MS-62 to MS-63, no FB? Almost Break even. Though the fact is they are fully split. Picture light deflection is deceptive as noted here. But does not mean it will get it. Found some more pics. No better than ones posted. But Because of cost being low, and just a feeling. seller no bad feedback though. So, who knows. Hope I'm wrong, but it wil be no biggie. It really is a nice looking dime that does have luster and cartwheel. Unfair to you folks with pictures posted to not expect cautious results. I also now think that a number of others being on-line buys may end in the same details condition. But again....I always said once I get around to grading, it will be my testing/learning curve. Be interesting. 17 coins. I even suspect my error coins may have been cleaned as they look too good. I did get the FS-501 Nickel from Allegiance Coins I think their name was, and told they were reputable. Coins do look natural though, but coin doctors I hear can be very good in their nefarious products. So....... But again, we will all now soon enough. Don't lose any sleep though while waiting. It's ok. |
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Pillar of the Community
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If it grades FB, than you got a winner, if not than its a little pricey in my case.
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Bedrock of the Community
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A tip: if you are interested in getting our unbiased opinion of your coins, just show us the coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Best advice I can give for posting is this, and this is from my experience.
Get your pics as close to how it looks in person, color, luster, sharpness of photos...
Basically try and capture the coins details, how you would see the full coin under a loupe.
Also, when buying coins, unless you're a gambler, generally you are better off buying coins online based on photos that fall under those rules.
Don'tget discouraged. Hope this helps.
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