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1942 S Mercury Dime Grade Opinion

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Just wondering if this dime has full bands and grade opinion please.

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 Posted 12/13/2025  06:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The middle band appears weak, so not FB based on these fuzzy photos.

The date is 1941, not 1942.
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Sorry I must have taken image of wrong coin.
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@all, you might have taken pictures of the correct coin, but used the same filenames with pictures from more than one coin. If that happened then in the future just be sure to create different filenames for all of your pictures. Thx!
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Agree with nickelsearcher...
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I agree this doesn't look full bands and the neck, left obverse field and face seem to have some hairlines. 63 if hairlined, 65 if not. Pictures are a little unclear.
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Isn't full bands this arrowed below in image , correct me if wrong and I have clean pictures need to transfer them to phone soon, yes jbuck I understand was pure accidental it is really 1941s American dime.

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"Full Bands" are about the bands in the center of the coin.
And from these pics, yours falls short.
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Yes my images are bad but I did take better pictures they be up soon as for my full bands there shouldn't be any marks or nicks but the picture pgcs put up had nicks on middle band.
And yes I understand the concept, maybe yous will change mind.
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(Top bands)

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(Middle bands)

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(Bottom bands)

Omg middle one is bad image.
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Middle band only appeared weaker because of bad images I take on phone.blurry sometimes
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Need sharper photos.
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there appears to be hairlines left to right across face and neck. coin could have been wiped or even whizzed. maybe even on the reverse . do not use any overhead lighting. your first photo is about the best to assess by. the center band does not appear to be separated. my guess is that the coin would not grade straight without better photos
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