1942 Mercury Dime GTG (SLEC can be used here)

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  1. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    Hello all,
    Please guess the grade on this Mercury Dime. Thank you!

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    Some more images (including showing more of the toning):
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  3. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    I want 'big hinney pics'........'64.
     
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  4. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Please translate SLEC......my Spanish is rusty........:)
     
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  5. jester3681

    jester3681 Exonumia Enthusiast

    64FB - what a looker!
     
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  6. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    SLEC is a method that some members are using to evaluate a coin based on the following:
    Surfaces
    Luster
    Eye Appeal
    Contact Marks
     
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  7. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    I gotta remember that........somebody remind me in the morning.
     
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  8. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    MS63FB, the luster is no where near what a common date war time Mercury dime typically shows, and the toning is a rather strange pattern. It is attractive but seems out of place on the issue.
     
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  9. Evan8

    Evan8 A Little Off Center

    If the surfaces are clean from bag marks then I would say 64. The color boosted the eye appeal to 65 imo. Great coin.
     
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  10. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    I'll go with 64. Pretty coin.
     
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    ldhair Clean Supporter

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  12. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    "Guessing the grade" comes down to just that in market grading toned coins, guessing how pretty they are. What an intellectual challenge that is. No wonder other hobbyists hasten to point out our brains have gone soft. They got a point...
     
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  13. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    Do you really think that the toning on this coin is impressive enough to boost the grade? Toning by itself does not generate eye appeal, it must be combined with luster which this coin is severely lacking.
     
  14. Dave Waterstraat

    Dave Waterstraat Well-Known Member

    I would say MS65 possibly MS66 as it looks essentially mark free. It appears to have an interruption on the center bands that may keep it out of FB territory.
     
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  15. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    I never said that. Your mind must be playing tricks on you, again, Lehigh.
     
  16. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    Look up the word "insinuate" because you definitely did that.
     
  17. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    Show us what I said that "insinuated" that so we don't "insinuate" your mind is working overtime.
     
  18. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    Pretty color on the obverse. Must have been in a roll. The luster is very dull on the reverse. The images are too small to judge contact marks.

    I cannot see this in an MS-65 holder. MS-64.
     
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  19. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Nice ms -64 merc
     
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  20. jtlee321

    jtlee321 Well-Known Member

    Strike: 65 not quite FB
    Luster: 65 Obverse, 62 Reverse
    Eye Appeal: 66 Obverse, 63 Reverse
    Condition: 66 obverse 66 reverse

    Overall grade: 64+ with a bump to 65 for the color.
     
  21. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    Your first post started with this sentence.

    The insinuation is that the coin in the OP is pretty enough to be "market graded" as you put it. If you don't believe this coin to be "market graded" or the beneficiary of a bump in grade for color, why bring it up?

    However, your ignorance of coin grading aside, attempts at gaslighting are a much more egregious offense, even ones as amateurish as yours.
     
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