1945 Micro S Mercury Dime - Thoughts on Grade?

I see it as an MS62. Not FB. Nice look to it and great score from a junk bin!

 

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If you're not seeing any wear, you're seeing rather a mint state coin, why only 62? What's that baggy about this MS coin that gets it to only 62?

 

How to distinguish micro s from normal s?

 

I would rarely guess a MS60, but that's my first thought on this one. I think it's already been dipped.

 

Please show one of yours so I can compare. Thanks

 

Seems uncirculated, although the blade of the axe and the edge of the bust over the date have me second-guessing that. Either way, not worth grading outside of a bulk submission. It would look great in a Dansco.

 

I STATED: "If the OP would have asked for "Thoughts on FB/Grade?", I'd have posted one of my coins, a MS65 reverse, as attached. 1945 micro s FB coins are relatively scarce, but really don't command a significant premium until ~MS63, which the posted coin isn't. The coin attached is a ~$600 coin, seldom seen on eBay."

THE COIN IS ATTACHED TO THE POST YOU REFERENCED (#17), AT THE BOTTOM, AND SHOWS A TRUE "MICRO s" (TOP SERIF VIRTUALLY TOUCHING THE CURVED s BODY) REVERSE WITH "FULL BANDS" (COMPLETELY SEPARATED). The relative size of the respective S can be determined by dividing the height of the S by the outside diameter of the coin, as measured with a tape or preferred vernier caliper in any right angle photo.

JMHO

 

MS63 FB Great toning Leave the Damm. thing alone Messing with it now will only make it worse. Great coin Great find.

 

I'd suggest that you locate a copy of "OFFICIAL A.N.A. GRADING STANDARDS FOR UNITED STATES COINS" and READ the reverse description for a VERY FINE coin. ALL vertical lines are SHARP (i.e. completely visible).

EXTREMELY FINE dictates "all reverse details are clearly defined and PARTIALLY SEPARATED. Part of the mint luster is still present.

ABOUT UNCIRCULATED dictates 3/4 of the mint luster is still present.

MS60 dictates "no trace of wear".

The reference should assist in your grading understandings.

JMHO

 

Wow, thanks.

 

You should try to look at more coins. Your dime is nice and appears to be low AU, but there are way nicer AU coins out there.

 

When you scan the opinions of grade in this thread, you can start to understand why grading companies were started...

 

Look even grading companies don't get it right! And that's been proven here many times over than the opinons that are posted here...one of the major differences is that us older collectors have a different view as in our time we would discuss the coin and either come up with a trade or purchase.
It also been proven here that slabs have been broken out and assigned a better grade most of the time as well a lower or par grade sometimes also.
There is a need to revise the current grading system on each series ,as well what are and are not going to grade due to many reasons....the opinions are so many as #1 a member may not know squat about grading, #2 a member has not refreshed their knowlege of any changes in grading policies On the many series.#3 grading companies themselves can not get it correct ! So as collectors don't use a grading chart for each series which show a progression of wear or the specimen being mint state. ....We use graded specimens to be a tool to grade, but if the toll used isn't graded correctly we are wrong. Lastly we are HUMANS....subject to error.....

 

Ha...speak for yourself, I am perfect...

 

They are scratches that filled when the coin was completly toned.
Think of it as muddy tennis shoes......yes you wiped them but the mud or dirt stilled remained in areas where the wipping of the shoe didnt clean that area.
This coin was completely toned at one time , dipping only removes so much in order to get the mud out of your shoe one needs to brush or scrub it all out.
Dipping will not remove 100 % of this type of toning. It will hid in ever place on the surface.
I find half dimes all the time that look just like this toned dipped....then either retoned for the better or worst......the old albums and coin boards toned coins sooner or later.....after years of storage in them.

 

Oh.....LORD .....we now have two Lords.....amoung us......oh right Lord #1 On holiday......in N.C. well it makes sense Father, Son.....and of course Doug playing the holy ghost! There that's the trio.... I wonder if we started call him Casper.......

 

au55, split bands How about a quick bath in a coin dip?

 

According to a standard which is not used by the TPGS anymore. @C-B-D sure doesn’t think the technical grade was 62. I think he replied with the grade he thought a TPGS would likely assign nowadays. But he can speak for himself of course

 

I always try to grade the way PCGS does.

 

So you tend to overgrade coins...? ;-)