I've been a coin collector ever since I was perhaps 5 years old. I'm getting on in the years so it's time to start divesting. All of my auctions that you will see are items that I've held for decades. For Mercury dime grading, pay attention to the cap wings on the Obverse and the lines of the fasces on the Reverse. Most circulated showing significant wear will be graded just Good. To be Fine then you need to see a little bit of definition in the wings. On the Reverse the lettering will be a little bit more pronounced. Then to reach XF condition you will see yet more definition in the wings but the big difference is that you can make out the lines on the fasces on the Reverse. One thing the grader did not pick up on this one is the nice tilt. With nearly all Mercs, the fasces is either directly vertical when flipping the dime over or only slightly tilted. This one has a very nice tilt to the right, more than is often seen in the Mercs. I probably should have called it out when I sent it to be graded. Still, it's a very nice semi key date