Full Bands: Mercury Head Dimes that have fully defined bands on the fasces. Only well struck coins will have these features.
Full Bands
Term applied to Mercury (Winged Liberty Head) dimes when the central band is fully separated (FB). There can be no disturbance of the separation.
Full Bands - Abbreviated as FB, this term is applied to Mercury (Winged Liberty Head) dimes when the central band is fully separated.
FB: "Full Bands" is used to describe Mercury dimes where the central bands of the fasces on the reverse side are fully separated ...
FB / FSB / Full Bands
Refers to fully separated and distinct cross bands on the reverse devices of a Mercury dime. A MERC issue with the designation of "FB" (full bands) is worth substantially more than one without.
The designation "full bands" refers to fasces on which there is complete separation in the central bands across the rods. Fat head Slang for the Small Size Capped Bust quarter and half eagles.
Double Die Obverse DDR Double Die Reverse DK Dark DMPL Deep Mirror Prooflike EF Extremely Fine EF+ Extremely Fine 43 EF-AU Extremely Fine 48, looks like an AU coin, but just misses the grade F Fine 12 FB Full Bands ...
State 65+ with Full Bands are under valued right now, and he is out to make a
killing. He pointed to a very nice, beautifully toned one in the
case, and pulls out a copy of the grey sheet (wholesale pricing guide) and looks
the coin up.
For example, tremendous premiums are paid for Mercury Dimes with Full Bands and Standing Liberty Quarters with Full Head.
Lack of full bands doesn't mean a coin isn't mint-state; often, it simply denotes a weak strike. The bands do serve as a checkpoint for wear, however, since they're so high and exposed.
For example, Mercury Dimes are described with the notation FB for Full Bands which immediately follows the grade when, on the reverse of the coin, the central bands on the fasces are fully split.
Mercury Bands
The image on the left is of the center bands of a 1944 Mercury Dime graded ICG MS66, and the image on the right is of the center bands of a 1944-D Mercury Dime graded ICG MS67 Full Bands. The bands really are fully split.
(Does the reader sense a bit of chicanery in all this: full steps, full head, full bell lines, full bands, etc.?) The full steps mania had run its course by the mid-eighties, to replaced by other, equally clever ruses.
 See also: Coin, Full Bands, Dollar, Grade, Reverse
  
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