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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2581634, member: 73983&quot;]I bought the Mercury Dime almost blindly when I got back into coins nearly two years ago.&nbsp; It was an eBay purchase and I was just looking for a high grade Mercury Dime to add to the beginning of my collection.&nbsp; I noticed the bands on the reverse and saw that they might have a chance of getting FB designation at PCGS, but not from NGC.&nbsp; NGC requires the center bands to be rounded over with a split between them, whereas PCGS only requires an uninterrupted line across the center bands.&nbsp; They don&#039;t need to be rounded like they do with NGC.&nbsp; So you can find some nice Mercs with the potential to upgrade to FB at PCGS in NGC plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular year is listed as $70 in the PCGS price guide without FB, but it jumps to $400 with the FB designation at the same grade.&nbsp; I sent this one in to CAC to see if it could bean, before I took a chance of cracking it out and submitting it to PCGS in hopes of getting the MS-67FB grade.&nbsp; With it getting the CAC approval, my confidence of it happening has gone up.&nbsp; What [USER=75984]@Cascade[/USER] has said about the hits on each side of the center bands possibly precluding this one from getting the FB designation is possible.&nbsp; However, PCGS has stated the trough cannot be interrupted by anything.&nbsp; In my eye&#039;s and interpretation that would mean a hit that has moved or raised metal that would physically obstruct the trough, which in this case, does not appear to have happened.&nbsp; I think it has a good chance of getting the FB designation.&nbsp; So now I need to crack it out of the NGC holder and send it off to PCGS.&nbsp; When that will happen, I&#039;m not sure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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