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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1599422, member: 29751&quot;]As with a few other designations, NGC and PCGS do not assign the &quot;FB&quot; designation in the same way.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/coin-grading-guide/Grading-Mercury-Dimes.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/coin-grading-guide/Grading-Mercury-Dimes.aspx" rel="nofollow">NGC only assigns the &quot;FB&quot; designation</a> to Mercury dimes which exhibit both fully split, <u>and raised/rounded</u> uninterrupted bands.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Mercury-Dimes-With-Full-Bands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/News/Mercury-Dimes-With-Full-Bands" rel="nofollow">PCGS, alternatively, will assign the FB designation </a>for any dime that exhibits fully split uninterrupted bands, even if the bands are not raised/rounded.</p><p><br /></p><p>For illustration, I borrow a graphic from the February 2000 issue of the <i>Numismatist</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS would designate the two bottom illustrations &quot;FB&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC would designate only the bottom illustration as &quot;FB&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.numismedia.com/coinguys/images/merc1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even if the bands have an interrupted split, they appear to be pretty flat from the smallish pictures you posted.&nbsp; My guess is that either the pics are hiding something, or that you have a rather flat set of bands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps a little.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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