Arcs-en-ciel The Valkyries Mercury Dimes
1945
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
DIMES - MERCURY |
| Item Description: |
10C 1945 |
| Full Grade: |
PCGS MS 66 FB |
| Owner: |
Kaiser141 |
Owner Comments:
PCGS POP: 13/3. THE FB 1945P IS OFTEN CALLED THE #1 STRIKE RARITY OF 20TH CENTURY COINAGE. WHETHER IT MERITS THAT CROWN IS DEBATABLE, BUT WHAT IS UNDEBATABLE IS THAT A 45 AND 19S IN FB ARE THE SINE QUA NON TO ANY SERIOUS MERC SET. THIS EXAMPLE IS ORIGINAL WHITE WITH MAXIMUM CARTWHEEL LUSTER. THE BANDS AND OVERALL STRIKE ARE UNIMPEACHABLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE PCGS REP WHEN I HAD IT GRADED AT A SHOW THAT THE CONSENSUS IN THE GRADING ROOM WAS THAT THIS COIN WAS THE NICEST 45 THEY'D EVER SEEN IN TERMS OF BANDS AND OVERALL PRESENTATION. AND, NO, I HAVEN'T SENT IT TO CAC. I'VE WAITED FOREVER FOR THIS COIN (AND PASSED ON LOTS OF 4'S AND 5'S ALONG THE WAY) AND IT'S IRREPLACEABLE. I WON'T RISK THE MAILS FOR A 2-CENT STICKER. BESIDES, IF YOU NEED A STICKER TO SEE THE MERIT IN THIS COIN, YOU SHOULD FIND ANOTHER HOBBY.