Lot 316
1945 Mercury Dime. MS-65. Nearly split bands on the reverse, and rare as such. In 1945 Philadelphia turned down the coining pressure a notch on dimes, just enough to make fully struck bands nearly impossible to locate for that year. In fact, full band coins are worth approximately 100 times as much as the typical flat band coin of the same mint state grade for the 1945 Philadelphia issue. Here is one that is oh-so-close, but not quite. In fact, there is a partial knife rim around the obverse and reverse, as usually seen on proof issue coins. One area of breaks in the luster noted around IN GOD WE TRUST, otherwise about as struck, with blazing luster and completely untoned. An excellent compromise that will save the buyer thousands of dollars over a true full bands piece.
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| Realized $109 |
