Been having so much fun with my new set - Two NEWPs this week!

zrlevin · November 11, 2018 9:56PM

I finally finished my VF/XF 7070 a couple months back after two attempts and over a decade and immediately started on another type set - this one with more of a 'best you can afford' style mentality. New sets are so exciting; I've been having so much fun finding high-grade, eye-appealing examples in fairly common types that I've never needed before.

I had a couple new purchases arrive this week. I finally found a Mercury dime (one of my favorite series and the only series I've done a date/MM set for) that appealed to me, though I gave up on getting an FB example for now to not break the bank. The dark area on the reverse is a patch of very dark toning, not gunk. I like how the face of the bust is devoid of toning, emphasizing it.

I also got another seated half dime fitting what seems to be an accidental "blue toned and die-clashed" theme.