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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1881565, member: 9270&quot;]I am putting together a silver Roosevelt Dime set in MS-66 FT (or FB).</p><p>I want a matched set.</p><p>Only one coin to go (1961) BUT it hasn&#039;t shown up for sale anywhere that I can find.</p><p>I can find MS-65 FT and even one MS-67 FT but no MS-66 FT</p><p>So after 2 years of searching (and admittedly getting hyper) I extended my search to just MS-66 dimes with the hopes of finding one that is FT but not labeled such.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thought I might have found one on eBay but between the slab being rather scratched and the image not in sharp focus I couldn&#039;t tell for sure.</p><p>But for $15 I took a shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Answer: Close but &quot;Nope&quot;.</p><p>The upper band is clearly and cleanly split.</p><p>BUT the lower band is at best marginal. The strike is a bit weak but <i>might</i> have qualified as split if there wasn&#039;t so much &quot;noise&quot; on it.</p><p>Sort of like FB on a Merc with a scratch across it disqualifying it.</p><p>Or FS on a Jefferson with a scratch across it disqualifying it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1961 is one of the top 3 hardest to find in FT.</p><p>The search goes on.</p><p>Maybe an outside shot at finding one at the Whitman show this month.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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