1934 Mercury Dime - thoughts on grade?

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Cool piece....nice colour.
Definitely fb, MS.....

 

It looks to be mint state, so I believe it would go 63 or 64. Not sure how the tpg's handle heavy toning, but I'm sure someone on here could explain it. Using a phone to view this coin, so I could be off a bit.

 

64

 

MS 63+ FB nice 1934 Mercury Dime.

 

64

 

I'd need a better higher resolution picture to take a guess especially with that type of toning.

 

I'm almost sure it a full band grade if Tpg goes by standard.
MS 6? FB

 

MS64FB.

 

I don't know. It looks like there could be some PVC damage on the obverse. I'm thinking those green areas. If so, it would more than likely come back as Uncirculated Details Environmental Damage.

 

Standards for FB are different at the TPG's. From memory PCGS requires only split bands while NGC requires split plus raised bands.

 

I thank everyone for their opinion. Would I be correct in thinking that the value of the piece graded does not justify sending it to a TPG?

 

I wouldn't send that coin in not worth it for the costs involved. If you want an example you could just buy one already graded at MS 64 FB for around the same as you'd pay for the cost of submission.

 

Washed-out verdigris (as in, "cleaned off") sometimes leaves greenish tarnish, too. I'm saying, you may be right. We may be splitting hairs, too, though.

 

This is correct.

 

What is the green stuff? Is it active PVC? It looks like a viable possibility to me. If the coin was mine, it would be in a pure acetone bath ASAP.

 

I know next to nothing about "cleaning" or "bathing" coins. I have read posts advising for and against. Which is it? Is there an ABC's of correct bathing available? I certainly do not want to do anything that would diminish a coins value.

 

Abrasive cleaning methods and abrasive cleaners will destroy a coin's value. Bathing silver in acetone will not hurt it. It will merely help dissolve organic debris and residues from a coin's surfaces and leave it unscathed. Acetone is 100% the right way to go here. If left alone, PVC will etch into the surface of the coin. If damage is already done, acetone may make reveal it once the residue is gone, but the acetone will in no way cause harm itself.

 

P.S. Be sure to get 100% acetone with no additives though. My comments apply only to acetone. I can't guarantee what an additive would do.

 

Is there a recommended duration for the acetone bath? I have read that following the bath the coin should be rinsed with distilled water. Do you agree?