1947
MS 66 FB
Autumn has come for the leaves on the reverse, an overhead view of a scrubby desert landscape contrasts the obverse’s shining rainbow overhead.
Mintage: 121,520,000
Certification: NGC 8344480002
1947 DDO-002 FS-101
MS 66
While no examples exist graded in full bands, there are examples with clearer bands than this on the reverse, but thankfully this is an obverse die variety! I’m incredibly excited to include this example of such a rare variety in my collection with its gleaming nearly unblemished gem surface shining white!
You may have heard of the “five-on-cheek,” but how about the “seven-on-neck?”
VP-001
Mint State: 17*
*Just CACG and PCGS!
Mintage: 121,520,000
Certification: CACG 279167613
1947-S DDR-001 FS-801
MS 66 FB
HEAVY HITTER!
The highest graded example of this variety with full bands, one of only three to make the technical grade to boot. Photos of this very specimen also represent the FB example of this variety on PCGS CoinFacts.
This example is as amazing as the fact it exists. The die is in a late die stage, yet somehow managed to fully strike its bands.
VP-001
Attributed in MS: 114
Full Bands: 3
8/2025
Mintage: 34,840,000
Certification: PCGS 48931387
Another Example
MS 62
Mintage: 34,840,000
Certification: ANACS 941804
1947-S/D OMM-002 FS-502
MS 64 FB
Very early die state showing die scratches on nose and in fields on both sides mostly vertically. Very faint traces of blue obverse toning appear mostly on the obverse. This example is the second photograph in PCGS CoinFacts for OMM FS-502 with Full Bands.
FS-502 MS: 34*
FS-502 Full Bands: 8*
*Can’t find ANACS
Mintage: 34,840,000
Certification: PCGS 49664322
Another example
MS 64
This example came to me in a PCGS MS 64 OMM FS-501 holder, the designation for the variety in the same year but of a repunching of a sans-serif mintmark. Upon closer inspection of photos I confirmed my suspicion that this was in fact the rarer variety. A perfect example of why you buy the coin, not the holder! Roosevelt dimes are an incredibly overlooked series, I dare say more so than any of its contemporary pieces in other denominations. Varieties are abundant and, with detailed photos online, have never been easier to cherrypick!
The lines on the bands appear to have been stamped deep and clear, so the only thing I can think would be keeping it from a FB designation is that backslash contact mark across the top bands around the middle of the torch. I personally consider a FB coin to have fully struck torch bands, a criteria not invalidated in my mind by an intersecting contact mark.
Both are exceedingly well-struck examples of early die states depicting the host of scratches across both sides of the coin.
1947-S Mintage: 34,840,000
Certification: PCGS 50987730