Grade on this 1917-S Merc Dime?

What would you grade this dime?
Its my best Early-Merc.
Came in a lot of mercury dimes from the bay

sorry about the dust... lol

oh, and do notice the slight rim-damage on the reverse
(near "E" in DIME)






and it is nicely tarnished

 

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I'd say VF-20 , a nice early Merc
rzage

 

I would say closer to F-12. Could be VF. Somewhere in that range for sure.

 

I would say a nice F-15

 

I'll go F 15

 

Looked at my grading guide I'll have to change it to F-15 . Or whatever number higher thats right below VF .
rzage

Borderline almost VF

 

hmm, I thought it would grade a little higher?
What makes it an F, and not VF?

 

vf-20, and nicer than my PCGS vf-20 42/1

 

Whoa wait... you have a slabbed coin, that isnt a Lincoln??!

 

LOL. You'd be suprised. I'll have to let you play around in my safe one day.

 

You ask what makes it F instead of VF , I was being very conservative when I said the highest number under VF . Grading isn't absolute it could very well be VF and after what Arizona said it probably is a VF-20 , the ANA grading guide says for VF , wear shows on diagonal lines but most detailes visible , yours are visible but weak , thats what I based my grade on . I forgot that the obverse is the most important side & your obverse is a solid VF-20 . I'll change back to my original VF-20 , when I start to over analize a coin I get in trouble , 1st impressions are usually right .
rzage

 

I agree with your technical analysis of this coin rzage. I find it to have VF details but what I like most about this Mercury is that it appears to have been "not cleaned". Maybe not perfectly preserved, but I love the long term patina that this one is exhibiting.

Nice one Magman! Thanks for sharing!!

Allen

 

Vf 22.5, and I like the originality.

 

I am not good at grading but the "S" looks like a die crack or extra tail on it. Can you get a better photo of the "S"

 

VF for sure. 15-20 I'd say. Good for you man.

 

thanks a lot guys, and thanks rzage.
I'll try to get a better picture of the S.

here we go:


I was tying to get a picture of the actual coin too, since the toning is red in color... but its hard.