GTG: 1916 Mercury Dime

There are some other polishing lines in the area, The design of it and the way it is pronounced makes me think that it may be die crack, it also runs through the S of pluribus.

 

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Well in my opinion we crack that puppy out and send it to some secret goverment lab with an electron microscope and get to the bottom of this ,or we bribe the op to showing us the graded slab . That way it doesn't matter what it is, and we all get a good nights sleep.

 

And the plot thickens...

 

I believe that @eddiespin was correct and that this is a die scratch. Very neat! Not the best photos ever but you can see under the "R" that it is raised out of the coin and what looks to me like evidence of flow lines on the raised area?

 

I accept bribes in pre-1933 gold, VISA and American Express

Anyone is still free to guess if they would like. Click the spoiler if you want to see the slab!

Spoiler: Grade Reveal!

 

@jtlee321 will like that holder!

I wonder if the die scratch caused them to net grade the coin? Was net grading even a thing in the late 1980s / early 1990s?

 

Well when Jet Lee,or Jason what ever his name is....see's this he is going to freak out!
You know that's his favorite NGC slab? I betcha he would send you an autograph photo or give you an extra egg roll

 

Oh man!!! I DO Love it.. And I've been wanting a 1916 Merc for a while. But I'd like one in a higher grade. I suppose I could settle for that one in that holder.

 

And the Oscar goes to....Jet Lee best supporting actor in" the scratch "
Now you see it now you don't!
you ought to be in pictures...

 

So do you collect this NGC holder type or is there another reason that these are special? My apologies for my ignorance in this matter as I am primarily an ancient coin collector.

 

I just like the holders. They are the 4th iteration of the NGC holder and came just before they added the hologram to the back of the slab. I can't explain why I like them so much, I just do. LOL

 

With these new pictures, I'm almost sorta starting to wonder if that might be a die clash. Any Merc experts know if that lines up?

And, crazy cool holder - the gold embossed reverse holder is scarce.

 

Nothing lines up in the area in question, however we have seen stranger clashes before.

 

If you enlarge the image you can follow the line...it is a die crack or scratch it travels under the E as well other letters.

 

Die cracks don't have the uniformity of a polish line. I saw that too.
Makes me wonder if there is a surface crack visible between the die chips going through the outer lettering.

 

Remind me to post an 1853 half dime with a bisecting die crack that is going to change your thinking on uniformity as it is a straight line.

 

MS64FB.

 

MS65FB

 

I'm not really into Mercs. Although, nice coin. To bad it doesn't have a little d on the reverse .

 

my thoughts exactly, the neck seems right