I have two, a Pcgs AG3 and one I sent in for grading that they said was bent. I rated it as a solid G but Pcgs said it was bent. So I put that thing between two pieces of oak in a vise and straighted it up and sent it back for grading. Guess what? The said the rims were filed and sent it back genuine. Go figure. Oh, if I had only bought in '85. Those days a 1909 S VDB ran around $95.00 which was too rich for my blood. I can't remember what a 16 D cost then...
I purchased a 16-D merc dime in PCGS Fr-2 OGH to complete a merc dime album set started by my grandmother. She had a 16-S in the 16-D hole, and I replaced it. I kept the set together for a couple of year and then sold it.
I am presently working on completing her Barber dime set, which is much more challenging. The 95-O dime is lower in price than the 16-D dime but far less available.
While many say the 16 -D is overpriced and no big deal, it is one of the backbones in numismatics. Without it and the likes of the 3 legged, 1909-S VDB and Ill say it, THE STATE QUARTER program, our hobby would not be where it is today. Fortunately these coins along with a few others have kept our hobby strong in interest with the young and older collectors. I know for myself, I'm very proud to have owned these and a lot of other key date coins that most only dream about filling a hole in their album. I feel these are the coins that we need to keep promoting to keep this hobby strong.
Never had one. Never felt the need to have one, as I've never collected Mercs by date and mint. Over the years I've had every other date and mint for that series, though.
Maybe I'll dig one someday. Found a nice 1916-P, once.
When this one came out of the ground, it gave me a brief heart palpitation.
It wasn't until I got it home and under a loupe that I could tell for sure. It's a 1918-D, of course.
I've never owned a 1916-D dime. In 1965-1966 I tried to put together a Mercury dime set from circulation. An elderly corner grocer helped by letting me sort through the dimes in the cash register. Many of the earlier issues were still circulating in G-VG but I never found a 1916-D. From 1962-1965 I recall searching rolls of Lincoln cents in hopes of finding a 1909-S VDB. Its $100 value in uncirculated seemed like an astronomical sum at the time.
One of these days... I always felt and even suggested that someone make a weekly availability list like I did with Proof Lincoln's sometime back. But no one was interested.
WS
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I am presently working on completing her Barber dime set, which is much more challenging. The 95-O dime is lower in price than the 16-D dime but far less available.
I know for myself, I'm very proud to have owned these and a lot of other key date coins that most only dream about filling a hole in their album. I feel these are the coins that we need to keep promoting to keep this hobby strong.
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Maybe I'll dig one someday. Found a nice 1916-P, once.
When this one came out of the ground, it gave me a brief heart palpitation.
It wasn't until I got it home and under a loupe that I could tell for sure. It's a 1918-D, of course.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
I always felt and even suggested that someone make a weekly availability list like I did with Proof Lincoln's sometime back. But no one was interested.
WS
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
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I have several 1909-S VDB cents like that but with the initials on the obverse side.