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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1466472, member: 4381&quot;]hes.&nbsp; Upon bringing it home, we photographed it and then put the pictures on the net, asking what others thought of the grade.&nbsp; The question occurs is whether or not the coin is actually full banded, with the focus on the middle two bands on the reed. <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev_2.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev_2.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/merc_1936_s/merc_1936_s_in_incon_rev_2_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </p><p>Further shots were inconclusive, although it seems that the coin was not Full Bands, despite being a very distinct strike.&nbsp; Furthermore, in the light of the photographs, the reverse of the coin shows die polish which drops the grade a little more.&nbsp; Although these polish lines on the fields of the dime are barely vissible with the eye, they stand out with the magnification.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, the reeds themselves have been blown up under magnification.&nbsp; These photographs seem to&nbsp; conclude that the coin was not full reeds, although it is very close.</p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/mercury_back_blowup_bottom_reeds.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <b>Bottom reeds (upside down)</b></p><p><b><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/mercury_back_blowup_middle_reeds.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Middle Reeds</b></p><p><b><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/mercury_back_blowup_middle_reeds_circle.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Middle Reeds</b></p><p><b><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/mercury_back_blowup_top_reeds.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Top Reeds</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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