1939 S Mercury Dime
baseballjeff
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Hello everyone,
While I don’t post on here as much as I would like. Life has taken some twists and turns as of lately. I am still an avid Mercury Dime collector. I bought my first coin in what felt like months yesterday, and I’m very pleased. Curious if someone could explain to me why the 1939 S Mercury Dime is more difficult? Here is a picture of the one I just added to my collection.
Cheers, and Happy New Year everyone.
Jeff
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A mintage of about 10.5M is fairly low. 39P is like 67M.
Beyond that I’ll have look in a book that’s in another room. I’ll get to it if nobody responds with better (sorry for the laziness).
Looks like it’s fairly low mintage and weak San Francisco strikes. As per Mega Red, “Full Bands coins represent a small percentage of Mint State coins and sell at a particularly sharp multiplier...quite a contrast to the 1939-D.”
Love the Mercs. Nice pick up.
Good looking pickup Jeff ... looks clean for a 64, and the bands look there. The 39-S is a striking anomaly, similar to other dates in the series that typically don't come fully stuck up. While well struck, non-FB coins are out there, and decent strikes can be had fairly regularly, true FB's are a much tougher prospect.
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That is a very, very nice '39S Merc.....Congratulations on an excellent acquisition. Cheers, RickO
Based on those photos it looks undergraded by current standards.
True FB 39-S Mercs are very scarce. So much so, that they they receive a 3 point FB bonus in the FB sets, whereas the majority of Mercs get only 2 points. Yours is a nice example, & I agree, it looks under graded.
Wayne
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Great score especially in the OGH.
Tougher FB on this Date/MM.
I looked for an MS64FB in our hosts slab of this one for probably 3 yrs or more before I was able to locate one. I didn't want to shell out the substantial amount of money more for the 65FB grade... (They are easier to find from what I see.)
Then off to the Bean Factory for the added bonus.
The 39-S is tougher than one would think. When I put my set together many years ago that date gave me some headaches before I found one I liked. I chose a 64FB, too.
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