1942 Mercury Overdate Question

Zohar · April 22, 2012 10:57AM

Hi all. I am a darkside collector and cleared my old US lower grade set I had collected as a kid. I have 2 pieces of the 1942 Mercury Dimes which I wrote down as 1942/1 Overdate. Could get closer with the camera zoon,

Can anyone advise if this is the case? Unclear to me. Thanks a bunch.

1942

1942-D

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:00AM

soak in acetone to rid build up of gunk first

Zohar · April 22, 2012 11:02AM

Will do - how long should I keep it in there?

michiganboy · April 22, 2012 11:05AM

top one maybe too much gunk but I think I see a one, the second one no way, its a very obvious over date you can't miss it.

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:06AM

15 mins...the top coin (easy one to id)
really looks like you may have a score...but the gunk throws off positive id
please wait for others to chime in as this could be a big coin.
do a consensus on approach with this "gunk"

Zohar · April 22, 2012 11:07AM

Thanks guys. Its bathing. Will yank it out in a few. Does this stuff come out or needs to be wiped? Best.

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:09AM

never wipe,,,only pat dry coins my friend...acetone evaporates...hot water under sink could aide this too...

fcloud · April 22, 2012 11:11AM

Here are a couple of images from my variety resource pages. The first coin is hard to see. Your second coin does look like a 42/1-D

Use these images to compare to your coin.

1942/1

1942/1 D

Zohar · April 22, 2012 11:14AM

Great advice !! It seems to have come off - here are 2 images. Seems ok?

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:17AM

friggen score...mini you suck by me if that's all
how much was it???
unattributed buy???

LanLord · April 22, 2012 11:28AM

<< <i>top one maybe too much gunk but I think I see a one, the second one no way, its a very obvious over date you can't miss it. >>

The second one is the "D", it's less obvious! His second one is a 42/1 D.

STONE · April 22, 2012 11:29AM

I expected such an outcome from the original photo.

Congrats

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:32AM

way cool on note of 2nd one
that's the one just baffles me too much

lasvegasteddy · April 22, 2012 11:33AM

care to divulge what you got them for?
are these unattributed buys?

Zohar · April 22, 2012 11:42AM

Thank you all so much.

I got them as a kid 28 years ago and had these in simple flips. I had sold all my US coins 5 years ago and somehow these were set aside. They were both marked as overdates which a 13 year old did not really know much about. I dont have a clue about the cost then yet it was within my budget.

What are these valued at? What is the story behind this overdate?

Zohar · April 22, 2012 11:50AM

This is the second one after the bath. Not sure if I clearly see the overdate.

JRocco · April 22, 2012 12:37PM

Looks to me like you have 2 winners here.
Nice re-finds.

Bochiman · April 22, 2012 12:46PM

Looks like both are.
Looking at the "cleaned" images, definitely looks like both are.

For the 2nd one, look at the bottom of the 4...to the left. That seems to be the PUP for me.

Cool deal

keyman64 · April 22, 2012 1:29PM

Nice 42/1 and 42/1-D!

I Cherrypicked a F-15 42/1-D once a few years back.

ianrussell · April 22, 2012 3:39PM

Amazing. Congrats.

(The 1942/1-D is tricky - nowhere near as obvious as the Philly).

- Ian

stealer · April 22, 2012 4:10PM

Very nice that you saved those coins! Raw they'll probably sell $300-$400 each.

mkman123 · April 22, 2012 5:00PM

The 42/1 is the coolest!

ricko · April 22, 2012 11:03PM

Great finds... and in your own stash... very cool. Acetone does wonders with organic gunk. Cheers, RickO

lcoopie · April 22, 2012 11:54PM

Perhaps send for grading?
Not so low grade.

GMan · April 23, 2012 12:34AM

I always search for that 42/1-D. It's not easy to pickup unless you're looking for it unlike the 42/1. I've found a couple of the 42/1-D's (both sold now unfortunately) and I also found this 42/1 which is one of my favorite coins.

Not the prettiest example, but for a find from a bag of melt coins, not bad at all

CEOcoinshopcom · April 23, 2012 11:45AM

Looks good..... a quick note.... after 25 years+ in the business. The 1942/1 D is around 10 times more rare than the 1942/1 P.
I could always find about 10 to one at any show.
Any thoughts?

mkman123 · April 23, 2012 5:49PM

I think its about demand.....the 42/1 is much more obvious and more popular.

GMan · April 24, 2012 12:21AM

I think it's just that the 42/1-D is a much harder coin to pick. The 42/1 is so obvious is was discovered right away. I don't think the 42/1-D was discovered until years later. Fun coin to look for though. I love looking for 42 Merc overdates.

Zohar · May 17, 2012 5:48AM

Got word from NGC confirming these both as overdates - grades as follows:

001 1942/41 D 10C VF 25
002 1942/41 10C VF 35

Any idea regarding value?

ajaan · May 17, 2012 6:29AM

Nice result Z. I'll let others chime in on value.

Zohar · May 17, 2012 10:09AM

Help on value?

TwoKopeiki · May 18, 2012 3:40AM

<< <i>Help on value? >>

I'd like to know, as well.

Zohar · May 23, 2012 12:21PM

Got these back.

1942/41

1942/41 - D

mkman123 · May 23, 2012 12:35PM

beautiful 42/1!

johnny9434 · May 24, 2012 6:04AM

nice pick ups

1942 Mercury Overdate Question

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