1944-D 10C MS68+FB PCGS CAC

This 1944-D Mercury dime displays an unusually vivid and complex color presentation that elevates it well beyond routine Mint State examples, with both sides layered in rich, naturally developed hues over a warm, satiny silver foundation. The obverse reveals smooth, lustrous fields washed in blended tones of deep aqua-blue, violet, and rose-magenta, transitioning seamlessly into amber-orange, copper-red, and sharply defined golden highlights near the lower fields, date, and legends, while Liberty’s portrait remains brightly illuminated with crisp contrast against the surrounding color. The reverse shows a pale silver core beneath turquoise, teal, and cool sea-green around the wreath and ONE DIME, accented by warmer burnt-orange, russet-red, and rose-gold that collect along the upper periphery and within protected recesses. Throughout, the surfaces retain a uniform satiny texture with strong underlying luster, allowing the Full Bands fasces and olive leaves to flash cleanly against the toned fields and creating a dynamic, high-impact visual impression befitting a top-tier example of this wartime Denver issue. Last auction record was for a lightly toned MS68+ FB PCGS CAC that sold for $5,280 05/24 HA . This blows the aforementioned example by several miles.