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I have a collection of quite a few coins, mostly junk, but I do have a few gem. Now I just found in my collection a 1937 Mercury Dime MS69 - 70 the coin shop owner was floored at seeing it. I've tried to look up a price for it but with little luck, what do you guys think ?
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I think we need images. Truly, nothing else will do.
Regardless, you don't have an MS69-MS70 1937 Mercury dime and I am not writing that to be mean, rather, I am writing that because in 35+ years of existence PCGS has never graded a 1937 that high and it is mighty unlikely that someone lucks into something like that. My gut reaction is that the coin was lightly polished with jeweler's rouge years ago and I have no idea how a local dealer would miss that if they knew what they were doing.
Good luck and please provide images.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Welcome. I’m sure your Merc is very nice. As soon as you are allowed to post pictures, please do. And be ready to hear all about how it’s very nice…but not a 69
Is it in transit to a grading company?
(Edit - @TomB beat me by seconds with a much better post)
PCGS Coinfacts shows that the highest graded 1937 Merc Dime is a MS68.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1937-10c/5004
Well, I tried to send a pic but I don't know what "Image URL" is and my phone doesn't want to share it with this website. Doesn't matter, I'll pick up the coin from the shop tomorrow and take better pics with a real camera instead of a phone and post them. By the way, I'm the worst coin collector on the planet, I drop coins to the floor , sometimes in stacks. They flip out of my fingers and shoot across the room. Thank God my father didn't have my problems with the dreaded coins.
An "Image URL" is the web address that an image might be found at and is written as text or code. The PCGS site allows you to drop an image into your post, which might be easier for you to do. However, I don't use the site on a phone and only use it on a desktop so it might not work the same way.
Good luck with getting the images and posting them and let's all hope you don't drop the coin. After all, if it truly is high grade then dropping it might mean losing $$$.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I suggest that you get it slabbed. A high-grade coin needs to be slabbed by one of the major grading services to bring top dollar.
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Without being slabbed by a major TPG the coin you describe is just another common date Unc. Mercury dime. Slabbing costs money and to play in today's coin market you have to be willing to spend that money. The fact that some local dealer thought it looked great means nothing. Only the "opinion" of the major TPG's counts today. The chances of your coin achieving a grade of MS69 or MS70 is essentially zero.
Yes, but he said a coin shop owner was floored at seeing it. How do you explain that? A coin shop owner examined the coin and he was floored. Who here is going to question a coin shop owner?..........not me.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
How come Mileshamdaman, who joined a day after Waycool, can post photos, but waycool cannot?
...and the coin shop owner offered how much for this gem?
Don't ask me, ask @Waycool
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )