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1916 D Mercury Dime Real or Fake
Verno
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Greetings to all, enjoyed the board as a lurker, but can use some help. Sorry, I do not have the coin in hand, and these are the only pictures I have...thoughts, feedback would be appreciated....I am leaning towards......thanks, RJ
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Fake.
Si
Si?
I agree with CaptHenway. It is a fake.
I also agree with his sigline. I have been repeating it a lot recently, much to my wife's despair.
I'd question the nose / obverse before looking at the mm.
Yea, whats that all about? Damage?
It's the super rare "clown nose" variety..
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Nice, worth 2 or three time more?
fake
https://photos.app.goo.gl/a6kwqbXrBhxnawsk6
Fakeo
Welcome to the boards
I will try to stop down to see you this week
lol
Looks like the nose of a boxer.
No need to see the reverse, the obverse seals it, counterfeit from an arms length.
That coin is a magna cum laude graduate from clown school.
Fake!!
HAPPY COLLECTING
Rhinophyma
For a counterfeit, good ones would be worth 1000x more than this.
Nice picture. Bad coin.
Absolutely counterfeit.
Not even close to real.
bogus and not even close to real.
Welcome aboard Verno..... However, the dime is a fake...... Cheers, RickO
I got a call recently with an NGC referral from a local guy who was looking to have his 1916D substantiated. I said I would be glad to meet him and send the coin in if it was real for him, but like a lot of these, no follow up call from the guy. I hope he got his answer somewhere, the forums are the most efficient way sometimes.
Ya just a little. Welcome to the nut house.
Hoard the keys.
Yeah... looking only at the obverse, just the hair detail along the forehead and brow look to be way over the top, which would cause me to question its authenticity... and I'm no Merc expert.
'dude
As Elaine would say fake,fake, fake ,fake.
someone should run those prints
Thanks to all for posting....had a customer that I tried to tell the coin was fake...showed him the forum verdict...end of story!
Regards, RJ
Reverse looks like from the '40's? Who making this piece would expect it to pass with Liberty's nose being distorted as it is?
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
Si, Sie
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022