Mercury Dime Full Bands.

Does anyone know how TPG define a Full Band? Would this be considered a full band, in your opinion? Looks a bit mangled, but still clearly visible the whole distance.

 

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We still need images of the top and bottom band .

 

Sorry. I didn't think about that as the middle band is the one that always wears down the fastest. I'll post more photos.

 

Not necessarily. All depends on which TPG and goes to the heart of the OP's question.

PCGS uses only the center bands. NGC uses the center as well as the top and bottom.

 

Full reverse.

 

I didn't know that Pcgs only uses the center band .

 

That's why I asked. I have no idea what their standards are for giving a Mercury a FB listing.

 

Can we see both sides of the coin?

 

Sure. Excuse the photo being backwards. I'm using a new USB microscope and haven't been able to figure out how to flip the photo images. This is not a very good photo as the lighting doesn't show the bright finish.

 

PCGS - https://www.pcgs.com/News/Mercury-Dimes-With-Full-Bands

NGC - https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/792/

On designations such as Full Bands on Mercs, or Full Bell Lines on Franklins, NGC has always been stricter.

 

OP what kind of scope you have ?

 

They only concern themselves with the lower bell lines when awarding the FBL designation too. This is just another example of why when people ask about submitting coins, I harp on the game aspect of it.

 

Its a Digital Portable Android USB Microscope Otoscope Endoscope Inspection Camera with 10-200X Magnifier for Kids, Student, Household, Support Mac Windows PC Android



I tried a less expensive one ($19.95), but it was too powerful so I went with this one and like it.

 

Thank you for the references. I noticed that the NGC is referring to only the Rosevelt dime and not the Mercury. I'll do more research and see if they list their requirements for the Mercury dime FB designation. I appreciate everyones feed back. I may be old, but I'm still a work in progress when it comes to collecting coins.

 

My bad. Try this for an in-depth comparison between NGC & PCGS - https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/topic/285732-mercury-dimes-fb-designation-–-pcgs-vs-ngc/

 

Thank you so much. I was just researching NGC and couldn't find the information, so this was greatly appreciated and educational. Guess I would chose PCGS to grade my Mercury dimes with what I assume would be full bands.

 

Thank you to all of you that have, or are, giving me feed back. It is VERY helpful and has added tremendously to my knowledge base.

 

I think this also goes for most of the regulars here, but it's generally a pleasure to deal with folks genuinely wanting to learn, share, and/or participate. It's always a refreshing escape from the all-too-common nonsense certain others bring to the board.

Welcome aboard, sir.

 

My experience as a FB Gem Mercury collector has been contrary to your suggestion. When locating coins for CACing, as I went through my many MS66 and MS67 PCGS coins, I didn't find a coin without sharply separated top and bottom bands in those and + grades. They were especially strict on the 1945 Micro s coins. There were occasional separated middle bands which didn't receive a FB designation, believed similar to the OP coin. The coins generally were unlike NGC coins similar to this link, which may be just poor imaging, but I have similar coins.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1940-Mercu...080455?hash=item4b42316487:g:q6IAAOSwZqZaCea-

JMHO

 

I apologize for my previous posted experience, as when I continued searching through the MS66-MS67 EBay posted coins I viewed the following which supports your assertion. I may have been fortunate in my purchased selected viewings.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-D-PCG...384445&hash=item41e12ad10a:g:ycgAAOSw5MBa6zxf

JMHO