Is this the 1945 s micro s?

I was just wondering if any one with more knowledge than me can tell me if this it the micro s. I've used the comparison in my red book and the normal s doesn't have sarilifs. Wich led me to believe it's the micro s any help appreciated.

 

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It looks good to me,nice catch!!!What did it grade?really nice looking coin,might be worth to resubmit but wait for more opinions

 

It graded ms 65 and it happenes to be my first ever graded dime purchase for 20 bucks and since I'm learning I'm reading every page in the book and happend to check it!!

 

You did extremely well for $20 congrats..

 

Beautiful little Dime. Nice rainbow surface too! At least it looks that way.

 

Very nice. I have one I got in change back in the 50's. Not nearly as nice as yours. Good pick.

 

You did great for $20.00 and yes it looks like a micro S. However you posted this in the error forum and the micro S is not an error. It’s a variety. Just an FYI.

 

I have an micro S, but do not have any close ups yet.




many holes... on the back burner for now...

 

If it was full band You would be into some serious money.
Nice find @Newbee03

 

Nice cherry pick!

 

Just another couple .



Jim.

 

I contacted ngc about the mislabeling of the micro s and they are gonna fix it completely Free of charge and I never paid to even have it grade I bought the coin already graded so it's definitely a big win to me!!

 

Nice!

 

I finally took pics of my regular 1945-S and 1945-micro S for size comparison and location of it ...



The Micro-S is the bottom pic. Notice the size difference and location. Hope this helps you.

 

I explained how one can determine in-hand by description and images posted, in another post.

Few know that there were 3 S struck on that coin, as only 2 are normally referenced.

I finally found an NGC reference to my statements:
"This issue was widely hoarded, and Mint State survivors are quite plentiful. For some reason, 1945-S dimes are among the ones most often seen with splendid, multicolor toning. Gems are readily available, yet the percentage of fully struck survivors is extremely small. While Full Bands is not the only measure of strike quality, the NGC Census reveals how few pieces have achieved this designation. Three mintmark styles are found for 1945-S dimes. The Knob-Tail S used for the majority of 1944-S dimes is also the most common this year. The Trumpet-Tail S used previously in 1941-43 is the rarest of the three. Details of the final mintmark style may be found in the following entry. Several RPMs are known for 1945-S dimes."

I've told the other thread O.P. that he has the middle size S, not the Micro-s, but your images are insufficient for my
judgement.

JMHO

 

Thanks Jim for your post, which now allows all 3 s I've referenced in this and a similar coin talk recent post.

In that post, I informed of the three s styles all used only on the 1945 mercury dime.

I quote a @cremebrule post of may 30, 2013:
"I'd say not Micro S. Look at the serif at the top of the S of the picture you posted and compare it to the Micro S picture desertgem posted. Yours has a ball ("rounded") serif while the Micro S has a clear rectangle/square serif. The Micro S also is less wide than the normal S, which yours seems to be."

The Micro-s has a significantly smaller round upper opening with the squared Serif virtually contacting the right radiusd outer edge of the curved body.

I believe most can see the appreciable design differences in the three differing s.

When I finally located 3 dimes with differing s, and put them together, the designs that can all be seen in this thread, were obvious.

JMHO