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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Merc Crazy, post: 1419219, member: 27417&quot;]Here&#039;s a later-date merc that is full bands and not exactly a great strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/41P10cOBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/41P10cREV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s one with a nice strike but dies that are starting to show their wear...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/42D65FBOBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/42D65FBREV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is about as hammered as you&#039;ll find a later-date Merc...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/44D65FBObv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/44D65FBRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another fully-struck Merc with the beginnings of die deterioration..</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/42DRatOBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/42DRatREV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And just for the sake of contrast, here&#039;s a well-struck earlier date.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/23P10cobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/23P10crev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In summation, it wasn&#039;t weak strikes that robbed most of the later-year Mercs of the hair details, it was simply master hub wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a 1916, first year of mintage...&nbsp; not a great stike, but still, you can see a lot more hair detail than the later years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/1665fbobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/dvmaprezson/Coins/1665fbrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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