1945 10C, FB MS(PCGS#5057)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1181

等级

MS64+FB

价格

45,850

详细说明

Elusive Full Bands 1945 Mercury Dime A Supreme Strike Rarity 1945 Mercury Dime. MS-64+ FB (PCGS). An intensely lustrous rarity with pearly-silver surfaces and swaths of olive and bronze patina accenting the borders. A few minor bagmarks on Liberty's cheek are the only preclusion to a full Gem designation. The fields are pristine and almost matte-like in texture. The 1945 is one of the prime strike rarities not only in the Mercury dime series, but also in the entire historical U.S. coinage family. With a staggering mintage of 159,130,000 pieces -- one of the highest for this type -- it should come as no surprise to read that this issue is very common in an absolute sense. This even includes Mint State survivors without a Full Bands designation. In all grades within the Full Bands category, however, the 1945 is a major rarity. David W. Lange offers two theories to explain why virtually the entire mintage of this issue emerged from the dies with poor central definition on the reverse. The first is slight difference in the diameter of the collar used in striking, and the second is slight difference in the curvature of the rims as imparted by the upsetting mill. In both cases the pattern and quality of strike of the finished coins could have been adversely affected by these differences, even if subtle. Regardless, the rarity of the 1945 with Full Bands definition is legendary, and the acquisition of such an example, especially a Gem Mint State coin, has long been regarded as the crowning achievement of the most advanced Mercury dime collectors. PCGS# 5057. NGC ID: 23KE. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.