Now that is what I call beauty on a good date. The golden color look so smooth and blended so well together and then you see fine speckled colors of reds, greens, blues ect.... Nice gem. Steve
I just couldn't resist pulling the trigger on this MS66FB 1916 at auction at well under list price, even though I'm still hunting for a MS67FB. The reverse is crazy for a Merc and the obverse looks to have some interesting colors as well; I can't wait to see it in hand!
It looks like something fell on the planchet before it got struck, something gold looking, must of really heated up to ..