1942/1 D Mercury Dime. Can't see it.

eddiego

I just don't know how they came up with the 42/1 D dime. I have never been able to see anything that looks like an overdate. I would never invest in one, and I have been into coins on & off since 1946.

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TwoSides2aCoin

So often overlooked, I presume, since it's so hard to see especially on a typically worn coin. The D mint version I haven't owned and if I have, I missed it.

410a

The P mint is quite obvious. I have a 1942 P that looks exactly like the one shown. Right no D mint mark. I figured it was just a repunched date, but it 's just like the one depicted. Got it out of some 90% I bought here on the forum.

OldIndianNutKase

The image from CoinFacts is a little more obvious;



OINK

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DIMEMAN

It's really easy to see if you know what to look for.

410a

Fade is correct that is the Philadelphia over date. The Denver is not so obvious an over date. Harry Laibstain has one for sale with a good picture of it online. I think the Philly that I have is just a repunched date or overdate as in Spadone's book.

mercurydimeguy

Here's mine...you can see it instantly if you have seen enough of them and know what to look for, but it is definitely not like the "P" mint which you can see with a naked eye. The "D" requires a loop for non-Merc people

DIMEMAN

Nice 42/1-D there mercurydimeguy.

lostincoins

Nice MDG and I see them without to much problem and have owned a few. 410a post a pic and we will let you know.

mercurydimeguy

DIMEMAN, lostincoins...thank you

I just have a soft place in my hear for these little critters...



<< <i>Nice 42/1-D there mercurydimeguy. >>

Treashunt

I cherried one from junk silver, now in NGC XF-45 holder.


Four dealers (local) all told me it wasn't the one.

After certified, they all said: hey, I said it was good.

yeah, right

kaz

here's one with a bit more wear on it, but you can still see the nubbins on the date:




keep this thread going and we'll have a grading set before too long..

DennisH

I wish all overdates were so 'difficult' to see as the 1942/1-D.

BillJones

The 1942 over 1 Denver mint coin is not as sharp and easy to spot as the Philadelphia version. For that reason, it sells for a similar price although it is scarcer.

CoinZip

<< <i>I just don't know how they came up with the 42/1 D dime >>




In your statement who is "they" referring to?


They could be the US Mint, who created the overdate.
They could be publishers like "Red Book" who recognize the variety.
They could be coin dealers that sell the variety.
They could be Numismatist who study the variety.



<< <i> I have never been able to see anything that looks like an overdate. >>



Have you ever been to a coin show? If you want to see one in person without looking through 1000's of coins trying to find one yourself, just go to a coin show and ask each dealer if they have on in their inventory.



<< <i>I would never invest in one, and I have been into coins on & off since 1946. >>



I've only been into coins since about 1975, one thing I have learned in this hobby is never say never.......

johnny9434

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<< <i>The image from CoinFacts is a little more obvious;
OINK >>



That's the Philly, not the Denver? >>

exactly.

TwoSides2aCoin

Seeing is believing. Finding is a challenge. Investing is usually the only way to acquire what we cannot find. Not because we cannot see it, but because it's not there to find because of it's "scarcity". The joy is still derived in the hobby by "finding" but the misery of never seeing will drive a collector to his grave without ever having. Who was it that says "start" with the keys if you really are serious about a series ?

ernie11

I bought one of these last August, PCGS-graded AU55, with a CAC sticker, and it has a very light golden patina to it, it's just a lovely coin. And yet my first reaction upon seeing it was a small disappointment because it is not as obvious an overdate as the Philadelphia one. It made me realize that the only 42/41-D specimens I'd ever seen before were magnified images in magazines and on the internet, and that I'd never looked at one in my hand before.