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Three AG-03 1916-D Mercs

OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,732 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Check out these 3 dimes. Either the first one is way under graded or the second two are way over graded. I'm thinking #1.

What's your opinion?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255529366292?hash=item3b7ebcb314:g:BH4AAOSw4W9iazjC&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAsJfJllI2ziczJBW7ZRcQ+n+Yh24cTomciJAnMopWAfS5eXJzp/t4+IecFcvkw+Tx2AEOPJEuy/EbIsKg24+TuGLBWZr1x9flTZVWuQK0ASulvOSmwfpOQY/xzN4QexRqii5OMdlWXJ8JChYZ/fEONAYZkzi56si1En1SzyJKmhBxZiohAY1S2eaMUZu2iDw/W63OppuWbEvO8KPxYFpu+bl9z0ekGgSHPbuBqGQx0luU|tkp:Bk9SR6LHtNuaYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175259999415?hash=item28ce4f5cb7:g:P14AAOSwQB1iacQ~&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8B821GHjmVqWpVi/EGPndGKMUuW115OKyySNFyW7MPlA4DsPJtXydHqD9XU904EkrVaO7vt8Crb46uJI59icIv3W/G5Tu3Dn7epPBOKKIZmqWjCZG6cysDoN/v5j2LyZ4k1BwZRKx2sT2pGFwITgscM75KQMqXEXBqTI3zgbj5lpFdK7MXYsP2Y43nGOiMm8eEFX/6C5QEs4ND6X8CbJt4Tz6wZGWEOrZ8uvCi0diC/2GbVM2HWVzUABz8W1xvR/JTDpQRXK0FaNHvh6W8UIor8m27Pb3wcjbJEgWq+F/Adx9Pw8jjC9q16BWAA+mN+NJA==|tkp:Bk9SR6LHtNuaYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185402546601?hash=item2b2ada59a9:g:e10AAOSwpZliaOSC&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8Nr6yz7Xbc+YI8fNiVWzqTjzAQypXUv/Z74kXXeTDjdviM8f/GiDZ/jFBk7bDCGF5/uQT2gIeLyIYLI7orLFMQvu5yMg/UqZRX2sJNJqhfXcn/XHYy9Vw0pQRhXRzw7P8UOwuyS3N45xZj9yym6NAPOznCGBvo/31tx/PCHnP3MwGldKlQ1HFbgnvsKrpse/rmTnfwjAsbv8FJLgotTMeHhhDmee6kejhY0L3YjSRuHqQaQCyBKFMiTVFVPTtMFfgsNfV+X4BIox4/gcMKAOf/SEX8lcTQHSr72yPV8EeuNarPGED8i39bNHuUjzjpB+Ew==|tkp:Bk9SR6LHtNuaYQ

Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

Comments

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 3, 2022 12:23PM

    @OAKSTAR
    The last one looks worse than the previous 2 - right? I remember when Butch gave me info on getting AG03 for 300$. I still kick my self for not doing that!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

  • RLSnapperRLSnapper Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The first one looks like the winner for me. The reverse has a pretty big hit which may account for the grade...but Mercs. aren't my specialty.

  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,608 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see the first one getting a G-4 while the other two I believe are good as AG-3.

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  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,429 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the first one.

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  • 124Spider124Spider Posts: 968 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2, 2022 9:27PM

    My PCGS-graded 1916-D Mercury dime looks, to my eye, marginally better than the first one. Principally, "LIBERTY," "WE," and the date, on mine, are not merging with the rim.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 3rd merc shown is a FR02 grade. Definitely not AG03

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  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think the first is at least a 3-1/2 and is superior!

    Tom

  • daltexdaltex Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hard to tell just from the obverses.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your initial statement is accurate in both respects..... Under/over.... Cheers, RickO

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,732 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @daltex said:
    Hard to tell just from the obverses.

    Click the links.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,211 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The mark/dig/scratch by the "O" of ONE on the 1st one looks like a rifle. :D

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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All three look correctly graded when considering both sides.

    All three have letter bleed into the rims.

    The third example listed however is a low-end 3 and wouldn’t look crazy in a 2 slab.

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just got a discounted offer from one of these after just looking. The coin was not saved to my watch list. Has eBay been doing this long?

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 3, 2022 2:52PM

    @davewesen said:
    I just got a discounted offer from one of these after just looking. The coin was not saved to my watch list. Has eBay been doing this long?

    Couple of years. I send offers all the time. It sometimes knocks sometime off the fence. More often it seems to just encourage people to make low ball offers.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,732 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the reality check gents!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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