Cherrypicker's dream?

I went to a coin shop today to mainly buy junks silver and a few peace dollars. I ended up with a beautiful Mercury dime. It has full split bands and a D over D. It's is 1940 and looks like it was minted yesterday. How much do you think I got.? I looked over everything to make sure it is actually fully split. The pictures do it no justice.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

What is a split band?

 

Uncle Google knows everything ;-)

http://www.pcgs.com/News/Mercury-Dimes-With-Full-Bands

 

http://mercurydime.net/full-split-bands-mercury-dimes/

 

Show us a close-up of that D over D.

 

"Dream"? No.... but that doesn't mean it wasn't a fine pick up. Off the top of my head, I don't recall any RPMs for this date/mint that are significant or popular enough to bring substantial premiums, nor can I see the coin well enough to verify the claim. As for the FSB, again I cannot see well enough to say for sure, but unfortunately this isn't a date/mint where it makes that great of a difference. Your coin would, to the best of my recollections, need to grade into the superb gem range in order to he worth the fees and cover a reasonable/worthwhile return. The reality is that there are still a LOT of these out there raw in high grades that can be found and had for what may seem very little money. Again, this doesn't mean it wasn't a fine pick up, but just that it isn't likely to be the great score, if I understood your post correctly, you were hoping for.

 

It was extraordinarily hard to get this picture of the d mintmark. The bands seem to morph together on camera and cause a glare. Trust me, they're full split bands. I can't get a good picture of them whatsoever

 

Coin photography is a skill, so don't feel bad. At least you've made an honest effort, which is more than can be said for some who stop in.

If you say they're FSB I've no reason to doubt you (and it doesn't make that great of a difference anyway), but I will respectfully say that if I had taken every "trust me" ever said to me, especially when it comes to designations, my involvement in this hobby would have ended many years ago. Just a little friendly food for thought. The point with this is, depending on your plans for the coin, if you chose to sell it, you're going to have to let people see with their own eyes. You may know what you're talking about but the fact is that between those who don't, and those who stretch the truth, there are a lot of misrepresented coins out there, so people are rightfully cautious.

The potential RPM certainly looks promising, but more information would be needed in order to properly attribute.

And a late welcome to the forum to you, sir.

 

Thank you for the help, I've asked many coin dealers how much it's worth and they each say to ask someone else. About the trust me part, I understand. I worked in the field of rare minerals and almost all the trust mes I got were usually glued fakes or too absurd to be real. I'm glad I got to meet a few knowledgable people on my first thread

 

Well your picture of the D/D shows the bottom band very well!

 

This is pretty clear to me, bu the true test of fully split bands are the center bands. Welcome to CT.

 

The middle is faint, but it is a line with no interruptions. This is my first full split band

 

First, welcome to the neighborhood!

You'd be surprised how many coin dealers there actually are who don't bother taking the time to learn more about varieties. To them, it is a niche market that doesn't justify the time spent learning about it.

Chris

 

Here again just reading posts and learn something here bout spilt bands... that's exciting to me.. about how much I don't know.. thanks u guyz for the pics.. now to goggle it....

 

Can any date dime have split bands? or just 41 to 45 is what I have seen so far.

 

Every Mercury dime. Roosevelts have 2 bands on the torch but I don't know how they are classified.

 

The RPM seems to have the same flat doubling that the other letters also show. I believe it is machine doubling and not a RPM, but the photo and the lighting may be altering the appearance of both. Jim

 

I don't know for certain, but I think that every year has a few full split band examples in the Mercury series. Roosevelt dimes when fully struck are described as FT (full torch).

 

take a picture out of the holder, then we may be able to see it