Mercury Dime 1942/41-D (FS-101) indentification.

Tokeiski

Hello all. First of all let me thank everyone here for the wealth of knowledge that you all share. I have been a very long time lurker here, and try to stop in almost daily. I can usually find the answer to ANY question I may have by a simple search, this one however I have not been able to solve. I have the newest Cherrypickers guide, and was spending time going through a bunch of stuff I have had for years. I came across the following 1942-D Merc that I cannot fully attribute. As you can see, it has strong doubling on the date, but no evidence of the underlying "1" as seen in the Cherrypickers guide. Can someone confirm that this either is, or is not the FS-101? Many thanks!!

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AUandAG

I don't see it at all.

Great pic and welcome. However, when you copy and paste the pic use the address that starts with IMG
not URL.

bob

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>I don't see it at all.

Great pic and welcome. However, when you copy and paste the pic use the address that starts with IMG
not URL.

occ >>


+1

DoubleEagle59

I'd say 'no'.

DennisH

Definite no.

PTVETTER

Sorry that is not a 42/41-D

WoodenJefferson

There does not appear to be any disturbance of the field around the number 2

Great image, even though it's not a over date.

ricko

Definitely not.... Welcome aboard....Cheers, RickO

keyman64

Welcome to the forums but that is not the 42/41-D. Have you found any other Mercury Dime varieties? Especially Cherrypicker Guide ones...

I am still looking for the following 6 in Mint State, preferably FB, preferrably Top Pop:
1934-D/D FS-501
1941 DDO FS-101
1942-Inverted S FS-501
1945 DDO FS-101
1945-D/D FS-506
1945-S/S FS-503

If you want to browse through a few of my Merc Varieties, you can see them here.

astrorat

Welcome!

Sorry for the bad news and hopefully you didn't purchase as an overdate. Also, I think the "doubling" you may be seeing is strike doubling (aka machine doubling" and is not worth a premium as it is not a doubled die or what would be considered a true double strike.