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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3347550, member: 99642&quot;]Yes, Kaintuck, you are correct !</p><p><br /></p><p>FSB stands for Full Split Bands, thus the center line dividing each band in half is the split, and just as Kentucky says, it is the <i>strike</i> that makes it, and also as Kentucky says, there are many really good looking dimes out there that are not FSB.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, in a way, this dime could be said to be FB simply because each band is all there from left to right and top to bottom, even with the wear, but this dime is absolutely <i>not</i> FSB because the splits are not there. There is some small vestige of a split on each one, but none of the splits are complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s too bad that the TPGs and most collectors don&#039;t differentiate between FB and FSB. To me, those are two different terms, but to most, they mean the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As desertgem above says, there &quot;...must be no connections for most graders. &quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well, it&#039;s a good looking dime none the less.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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