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NP: 1942/1 merc - no faux pas, didn't buy raw

moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Thanks to advice and from various board members, especially @ifthevamzarockin ,
I made an offer on ebay and purchased this slabbed merc.
Interestingly, this is the most expensive coin I've ever bought... (some I bought 20 years ago are worth more now)

A thing of beauty is a joy forever :smile:
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I'll probably crack this out of the ANACS slab, but keep the insert.

As far the grade, I think ANACS was a little generous...
Looks like VF35 to me...

Thanks, you guys are great!

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  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! :)
    Make sure to show us some in hand photos when you get the coin. :)

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    No. That's the Cherry Pickers reference number. FS is for the original authors, Fivaz and Stanton

    Member of the ANA since 1982
  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Oldhoopster said:

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    No. That's the Cherry Pickers reference number. FS is for the original authors, Fivaz and Stanton

    Joy! It's my first (known) FS reference coin! <3

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like gradeflation has really hit the Mercury dime series!

    All glory is fleeting.
  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 27, 2021 11:30AM

    Looks like a decent VF+ example.

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    BTW, besides it being the Fivaz-Stanton code, understand that this coin is not a doubled die.
    It's an over date. Doubled dies are created when the die is hubbed.
    Over dates are created when an already-created die from a previous year is updated for use in the new year, w/o sufficiently removing the last digit before applying the new digit. (or in extreme cases like the 1800 large cent over dates, the last two digits!).

    I wonder if your coin came from the Subway Hoard, that was dispersed by Littleton some years ago.....quite a few of those appeared on the market then.

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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does ANACS have a buy-back guarantee?

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    Looks like a decent VF+ example.

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    BTW, besides it being the Fivaz-Stanton code, understand that this coin is not a doubled die.
    It's an over date. Doubled dies are created when the die is hubbed.
    Over dates are created when an already-created die from a previous year is updated for use in the new year, w/o sufficiently removing the last digit before applying the new digit. (or in extreme cases like the 1800 large cent over dates, the last two digits!).

    I wonder if your coin came from the Subway Hoard, that was dispersed by Littleton some years ago.....quite a few of those appeared on the market then.

    Overdates ARE doubled dies-Class III doubled dies. And these are the result of a mis-hubbing, not of an intentionally modified die. 19th century overdates are from intentionally modified dies whereas modern overdates are not.

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    Looks like a decent VF+ example.

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    BTW, besides it being the Fivaz-Stanton code, understand that this coin is not a doubled die.
    It's an over date. Doubled dies are created when the die is hubbed.
    Over dates are created when an already-created die from a previous year is updated for use in the new year, w/o sufficiently removing the last digit before applying the new digit. (or in extreme cases like the 1800 large cent over dates, the last two digits!).

    I wonder if your coin came from the Subway Hoard, that was dispersed by Littleton some years ago.....quite a few of those appeared on the market then.

    This may have been true in the 19th century, but all 20th century overdates after 1908 are doubled dies. It is likely this was an unfinished working die from 1941 that was mistakenly completed in 1942, I have never heard anyone state that the die was used to strike coins before being rehubbed with the later date.

    Sean Reynolds

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  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That coin will look very nice in your album 👍🏻

    Mr_Spud

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 27, 2021 1:06PM

    @koynekwest said:

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    Looks like a decent VF+ example.

    @moursund said:
    BTW, apparently FS-101 means doubled die?
    Is that ANACS-specific code?

    BTW, besides it being the Fivaz-Stanton code, understand that this coin is not a doubled die.
    It's an over date. Doubled dies are created when the die is hubbed.
    Over dates are created when an already-created die from a previous year is updated for use in the new year, w/o sufficiently removing the last digit before applying the new digit. (or in extreme cases like the 1800 large cent over dates, the last two digits!).

    I wonder if your coin came from the Subway Hoard, that was dispersed by Littleton some years ago.....quite a few of those appeared on the market then.

    Overdates ARE doubled dies-Class III doubled dies. And these are the result of a mis-hubbing, not of an intentionally modified die. 19th century overdates are from intentionally modified dies whereas modern overdates are not.

    Thanks! That’s what I get for spending too much time studying large cents!

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You're welcome!

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,378 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 42/1 is such a cool coin! Wish I owned one. Very happy for you, Congratulations!

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on a nice example!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like I need to get one of these... I keep thinking I have one, but cannot find it... And beginning to think I never had one.... Dang, getting old is not for the weak :D Cheers, RickO

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Glad you went to a graded one.
    Enjoy it.
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

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