1916 Mercury Dime FB - For Evaluation And Comments

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Blastenpene4 Pillar of the Community United States 959 Posts	Posted 01/24/2025 7:05 pm I've got a bid in on this raw coin with a dealer I've done business with before. Full return privileges. Obviously a FB coin, but I was bothered a bit by the apparent hairlines on the reverse right field. Sellers pictures are a bit blown out.I went poking around and looking at other examples that were for sale as slabbed coins and noticed fine lines in the reverse fields on several of them. The two pictures with the white BG are of the coin I'm bidding on, the one over the blue BG is a PCGS MS66 FB example, but look at all the apparent hairlines. Thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74096 Posts	Posted 01/24/2025 7:09 pm Those lines you're seeing could be from die polishing. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19152 Posts	Posted 01/24/2025 8:34 pm Yes, they do have that die polishing appearance. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 01/24/2025 9:03 pm Also, the first coin would not be FB due to the nicks across the 2nd band separator. Other things to compare would be the rims on the 1st vs 2nd coin, especially on the obverse - more die wear on the 1st, or a slight misalignment of the obverse die, perhaps. Given the poor quality of the pictures (overexposed / overly bright) and the ready availability of this coin in grades up to 65FSB, I would pass. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18663 Posts	Posted 01/25/2025 09:32 am the hairlines to me appear to be all die polish lines. I'm with paralysis that the small hit across the band has a high percentage chance of keeping it out of the FB designation. MS65 - price it accordingly if you pull the trigger Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36744 Posts	Posted 01/25/2025 3:52 pm Nice MS-66 coin. It's FSB. Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10529 Posts	Posted 01/25/2025 8:41 pm Even though the middle band has a light circulation hit you can see the "split"under it. Report this Post to the Staff
Blastenpene4 Pillar of the Community United States 959 Posts	Posted 01/28/2025 8:02 pm I decided to pass on this one. The more I looked at that right reverse field, the more I noticed the random horizontal scratches. I also noticed that the heavier diagonal scratches, that might be considered die polishing, did not continue under E PLURIBUS UNUM or in the left field. I have bid accordingly. Report this Post to the Staff
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