Hello all, Please guess the grade on this Mercury Dime. Thank you! Some more images (including showing more of the toning):
SLEC is a method that some members are using to evaluate a coin based on the following: Surfaces Luster Eye Appeal Contact Marks
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.
If the surfaces are clean from bag marks then I would say 64. The color boosted the eye appeal to 65 imo. Great coin.
"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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.