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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dimeguy, post: 6326147, member: 19855&quot;]I am sure others can chime in, but I think you may be complicating the issue a bit. When I see a Mercury dime in AG I am immediately thinking of devices. For example, the rim will be completely worn flat, and likely blending into all the lettering elements for obverse and reverse. Moreover, everything is an outline. Lady Liberty&#039;s wings will blend to her posterior and anterior curls, no wing details are noted and the anterior face is more of an outline than it is a representation of a face with details of cheek, chin, eyes, and cap being all blended. The fasce is completely worn flat. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I see a Mercury dime in G, it is all about the rim for me. You are right, especially for the reverse, a lot of the design elements show little more contrast and elemental relief, but grossly worn flat with little detail to show. But if I see a solid rim NOT blending into letters I am immediately thinking more of a G vs AG Mercury. The head is another focus point. You will definite elements. Wings will stand out from posterior curl, cap from face, etc but high and intermediate points will be worn flat. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree with you, especially for the key and semi key dates in &#039;21 that graders often provide grade bumps which may not fully represent what the coin should grade as. I can see how that is confusing. Hope this helps to some degree. Personally, I always start with the rim in those lower grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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