My first BB disaster

oldshep

Whew, I am getting a hard lesson in this "hobby". I found a 1916 D Mercury dime in the collection I was asked to inventory and submitted it to PCGS. I waited and waited and got the E-mail today - the result: "not genuine" Egad - does this mean it's a counterfiet? or altered? or...?? Also when the coin is returned will there be a better explanation or is that it?

Shep

relayer

It speaks for itself.

But, under the new BB policy you should get some explaination when you get your coin back. Please post it when you do

tjkillian

What it means is the coin is not a genuine 1916-D. It could easily be a genuine 1916 dime though. It could also mean that the whole coin is counterfeit, but not as common.

Tom

nwcs

I think I heard somewhere that there are more altered 1916s (with the added D) than genuine 1916-D dimes.