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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2438565, member: 1892&quot;]1) Far too little photographic information available for any reasonable grade conclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I would expect to pay ~$50 for a 1944-D in NGC MS66FB, based on real-world auction results (I care only about how much my competition is willing to pay - no published price guide ever outbid me on a coin). The last couple of Heritage results at $100 have been outliers, and I&#039;ve ignored them. FB is so common for 1944-D that I wouldn&#039;t bother buying one without.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) I think the right side of the center band introduces enough doubt to believe FB isn&#039;t warranted for this one. Would need far sharper images to be positive, though. This is another issue where FB is so common as to render the non-FB examples undesirable - Heritage has 478 1923-P&#039;s in the archive, and 415 of them are FB.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) For $200 in an NGC slab, it needs to be a <b>nice</b> MS65FB. Non-FB examples aren&#039;t even on the buying radar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a fan of Mercs in NGC slabs - NGC is tougher on FB than PCGS, yet they tend to trade at a lower price. The 1923 above could be fully split through the center band, yet NGC might not designate it as such due to the flatness of the verticals. They&#039;re kind of <b>tough</b> on these. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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