Hello Mercury Dime Collectors:
In the Past few Weeks various Forumn Members have made some Comments about Our "Beautiful Little Ladies". How We Post Threads, Where We Fit In within the Collecting Society, Our Actions toward other Collectors and Of course "The Only Good Use for a Merc Dime.
Well, I for One have had Enough of this from these Other Collectors that are Obviously "Very Envious" of Merc Collectors and The Little Lady.
Insane Envy is Obvious because We are a Very Close Knit Group of Collectors that have "No Problems between Us. This Envy was Shown in the Post that a Member Made saying all We do is have One Thread and then "Beat the thing to Death". Beat it to Death Heck I think We just Enjoy Each Others Company.
A couple of Nights ago Another Forumn Member Suggested We have No Place Within the Collecting Community because We are Not Considered Either a Classic Coin or a Modern Coin. More "Envy"!! Personally on this Issue I could Care Less. The Member was again Just Trying to find some way to put down Our Series which In My Opinion Cannot be Beat in Charm and Beauty by Any Other Coin Series. Being called a "In Betweener was to Me Quite a Compliment as We were Put in a Class By Ourselves.
Another Collector suggested that We Pick on Other Collectors who Collect Different Coin Series.
WHERE DID THIS COME FROM ?? Never in My Time on these Forumns have I seen a Mercury Dime Collector Post a Remark that would Even Suggest any Hostility Toward Another Collector. This was Just Another Remark aimed at Making Newer Members think We Are Uppity and Condesending. My Reply:
TOTAL HOGWASH !!
And Last. Calling Our "Beautiful Little Lady" Various names
Just Does Not Cut It. We know and the Others Know "Adolph" designed Our Coin to be the Most Beautiful Ever and It Is. The Coin has With Stood Time and is Considered One of the,If Not the, Best Designs in the History of United States Coinage.
There You Have it. My take on these Comments is that these Various People are Filled with
"TOTAL ENVY" and Probably should be Ignored. I just Could Not Do That any Longer. If They Keep These Un-Warranted Attacks Coming Maybe We Should "Pack Up" and Move to a Place where "Our Little Ladies" Will Be Appreciated.
With a Little Sorrow but Not Much because I consider the Source of these Comments Toward Us.
Ken
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<< <i>A couple of Nights ago Another Forumn Member Suggested We have No Place Within the Collecting Community because We are Not Considered Either a Classic Coin or a Modern Coin. More "Envy"!! Personally on this Issue I could Care Less. The Member was again Just Trying to find some way to put down Our Series which In My Opinion Cannot be Beat in Charm and Beauty by Any Other Coin Series. Being called a "In Betweener was to Me Quite a Compliment as We were Put in a Class By Ourselves. >>
No compliment intended.
Ken,
I know your tongue must have been in your cheek for that one!
"The Coin has With Stood Time and is Considered One of the,If Not the, Best Designs in the History of United States Coinage."
Nothing withstands time like a type 1 Standing Lib.!
"In My Opinion Cannot be Beat in Charm and Beauty by Any Other Coin Series."
Check the above mentioned coin!!!
Best Regards,
Don
Type 1 Standin' Libs with
Well said...KEN...I can not get enough of them.....LADY........... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Dimes
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I pay no heed to the Merc critics; it just means less competition for the cpoins I still need.
Just tried to add a few Mercs to my set, but was unable to. Will try again later.
Jim
Mercury Dimes rule, lets see what coins are in my pocket? Oh modern collectable coins!
Pat Vetter
the dropping dime set
The Standing Lib's and Walkers were Considered "In Betweeners" by the Forumn Member Also.
Shame on Those Members that would do this to Us.
My Dimes
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MY 2 cents
Ray
I edited this message to include lets beat this thread to death lol. I LOVE it
It's a Merc thread. Being beaten to death goes with the territory.
My Dimes
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Hey Guys/Gals:
Are We Hooking "Keith" on the "Sweet Little Ladies". He has been Quite Consistent at Posting to OUR threads.
Ken
My first three regular issued coins that I bought were:
#1. 1917 type 1 Standing Lib.
#2. 1946-S Walking Lib.
#3. Winged Lib. Head.
A 1937-D Oregon Trail was actually #2, but we know that's not regular issue or a 'tweener!
Perhaps I can round up enough Walkers to start my third 'tweener set!
To me, all three of these lovely ladies (along with the Buffalo nickel and $20 St.Gaudens) represent the artistic hayday of our coinage.
And Adolph's little lady represents one of our basic freedoms. (plus, they're relatively more affordable!)
Just don't make me pick just ONE!!!
Regards,
Coins of '16 with
Full Horns, Full Bands, Full Thumbs, and
Can you explain in more detail the horny coins?
Do you get extra points for a horny coin?
Is it an error coin if its tooooo horny?
Most animals that have horns have two but you only see one on coins.
Would one pay more for a full horny coin like a full head coin?
I know some pay a lot more money for a little head
I know you are sooo knowledgeable that you should be able to answer these questions, alonw with the other board members
Camelot
Mercury Dimes, Circulation Strikes - 51 sets registered
Lincoln Cents, 1909-1958, Circulation Strikes - 74 sets registered
'nuff said.
RELLA
who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
twenty times.
I agree with Ken and IMO the three absolute best U S coin designs were the Mercury Dime, Liberty Standing Qqurter and the Walking Liberty Half. Followed closely by the Barber coins and Liberty Nickels.
As for the 51 to 74 count on Mercs and Lincolns, this only shows that the Lincolns are easier. And design wise I put the Lincoln cent down there with all the other current designs, pretty blaugh.
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so we should all respect everybodys collections as we would like them to respect ours.
After all, that is what coin collecting is all about.
Jon
Well, using that logic, Morgans would be easier than both of them! 91 sets registered!
I was actually collecting Mercurys for a little while, believe it or not. I stopped because I was trying to collect too many series at the same time, and I only had a few common date Mercurys. I imagine I'll start collecting Mercurys again once I've gone through all of the other (superior) series', including Buffalos, 3-cent nickels, Dark Side, stamps, beanie babies, and rusted-out 1974 Chevrolet Impalas.
Oh, and you Mercury people are SO cute when you get mad! That's why I like to tell you that Lincolns are superior to Mercurys.
Superior Sets (Beany Babies) !!! Now That is a Down to Earth Total Out and Out Outrageous Insult to the Sweet Little Ladies. The Thread Name was Changed to Show that I was not Upset but Just trying to Stimulate some Discussion with the Original Title. Now after Your Beanie Baby remark I May have to Go Back and Change the Title too "This Merc Collector has been Insulted by a Beanie Baby Comparison and Is Totally PO'ed to No End"
Ken
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
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I'M GOING TO THE NGC BOARDS !!! NGC and The PEOPLE over there Appreciate Merc's and Tone.
Hey: Why Can't We Make Our own Icon's Any More ? Noticed it Last Night when I wanted to Make Another UGLY Toned Merc Icon.
My Dimes
<< If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right the first time! >>
Spooly is a closet Dark Sider, wouldn't surprise me if he's a closet Merc guy too.
LOL........possible..very possible.....
My Dimes
<< If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right the first time! >>
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
My Dimes
<< If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right the first time! >>
Question: Is it Good or Bad that He May Actually Care about Our Little Ladies ? Personally I think Anyone that Collects such Blah designs as Lincolns and DarkSide could Never Appreciate the Beauty of a Merc which has Without Question the Prettiest Design Ever Minted.
In God We Trust.... all others pay in Gold and Silver!
I completely admit that I have a fishing lure in stock. Please check my set linked below:
Keith is a true Friend to the Merc Collectors and has even Bought a Merc for Himself. Playing Both Sides of the Fence,No I do not think So. Maybe Not a Devout Merc Collector but a Person that Does Enjoy the Beauty of a Merc.
In a few minutes, I am going to take the next plunge and become a Merc dealer as I list a Merc dime for sale.
I Re-Tract My Kind Post about Him !! He Was Playing Both sides of the Fence.
Merc Guys/Gals : Lincoln Collectors and Type Collectors CANNOT Be Trusted !! Remember this and Never be Drawn in by thier Devious Posts.
May Get Lucky.
I would think you could at least find something accurate to argue about.
Good night,
Jon
Yeah, especially if you're a big fan of early 1880s S-mint coins.
I think if you go to a coin show and count the number of 1893-S Morgans and the number of 1916-D Mercurys available, you'll find they're about the same.
I think a lot of people start on Morgans because they see how many MS66 coins you can get for a couple hundred bones. Then they realize that the not-so-common dates go up quite steeply, and lose interest. Just like a lot of people start on Lincolns because they see you can get a lot of 1930-1958 common date coins in 66RD for $20 a pop.
(And in no way am I defending Morgans. I think they are the most overrated series in existance.)
Dave, I agree with you on the Morgans. And your right, if you have the money you can usually find at least a 64 16-D at any major show. And of course low grades are all over the place.
But, I think there are more hard dates in the Mercs than just about any other series. This is just my findings thru my collecting. Barber halves in nice original mid grades are very tuff also.
I really didn't mean to put your Lincolns down. I'm sure most of the pre 1930's are hard to find nice and orig with no problems.
What is your collection of Lincolns named. I would like to look at your set.
Jon