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WardsterWardster Posts: 4
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New member looking for some advice. My mother gave me two complete Mercury dime sets that my grandfather assembled over his lifetime, including the 1945 Micro 'S'. From a condition standpoint, the coins in one are better than the other, but they are both complete sets nonetheless. Even though I don't have any intention of selling at this time, I am wondering if it makes sense to send any of the dimes in for grading.



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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would get the keys done nobody is going to pay up for them unless they are authenticated.
    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
  • JeffersonFrogJeffersonFrog Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 15, 2018 11:23AM
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    If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.

    Tommy

  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice looking set!
  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agree....nice set and get the keys authenticated / graded.





    k
    ANA LM
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice collection....much better than we would normally see in a book like that.
  • WardsterWardster Posts: 4
    Thanks for the replies. My grandfather was a bus driver in NYC and he always sorted through the coins for anything of value - an unfair advantage I'm sure. With respect to this set, I will send the 1916D, 1921, 1921D, and the 1942/41 in to be authenticated/graded soon.
  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,354 ✭✭✭✭
    I'd be interested to see what the 16-D gets. Seems like the reverse keeps it at a technical AG3, but I'd bet a 2007 clad Roosevelt dime that it comes back as a 4.
  • coinhackcoinhack Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Wardster
    Thanks for the replies. My grandfather was a bus driver in NYC and he always sorted through the coins for anything of value - an unfair advantage I'm sure. With respect to this set, I will send the 1916D, 1921, 1921D, and the 1942/41 in to be authenticated/graded soon.


    If you were going to sell the sets, that would probably be the best bet. But you said in the op that you had no intention of selling them for now so why waste the money and ruin the set by leaving holes in the book?

    You can always grade the keys when you are seriously getting ready to sell them.

    JMHO

    p.s. to say that I like your books. That is the way I prefer to collect. I have a complete set of Morgan dollars in Dansco albums, that look similar to yours. Many of them were in PCGS slabs. The 1893-S was in a PCGS XF45 holder. Now they are all in the books where I can see and enjoy them.
  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As always................just pop them out, put in clear 2x2's with no staples and DO NOT CLEAN THEM in any way!!!



    Just join PCGS as a Platinum Member of their Collectors society and your first 8 coins should be almost nothing more from there.



    Say a prayer of thanks to Gramps.



    And welcome to the forum.
    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • JBNJBN Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a wonderful set. I would recommend leaving it as is. The 16-D appears positively genuine. Your 21 dates appear as wonderful XFs.

    Enjoy the collection. Relish the family history.

    Leave clear instructions to your heirs. Enjoy as is. IMHO.
  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In this scenario, I would not slab a single one.

    It's perfect as is.

    Otherwise you have an album with holes in it a and a few slabs kicking around.



    If you NEED to sell them that's a different story.



    Hopefully it doesn't come down to that and you and your family can occasionally pull out the albums appreciate your grandfathers hard work.



    -Mark



    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

    My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome aboard.... I would echo so me of the above. I would keep the sets 'as is' until you decide to sell. They are very nice and certainly a family treasure. You can always slab the keys if you do decide to sell - and that would be advisable at that point. Cheers, RickO
  • WardsterWardster Posts: 4
    I visited PCGS certified dealer yesterday and he said that everything in the collection was authentic, but since I wasn't selling anything to just leave it as is. He said that the 1942/41 was the most valuable coin in the set because of its condition. Thanks for the additional replies and for welcoming me to the board.
  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great sets! IMO, I'd keep the sets together as-is, as others have said.

    I'd treasure those neat little sets given their family history.

    Dave
    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would leave both sets as is.You not only have history in your hands but you have something even better.You have a true family heirloom in your hands.

    Slab any of them? What for? Now you've got holes in your heirloom set.The set becomes less interesting as a set.The completeness is to be admired as a single unit,the album with all the coins in it.

    Looks like grandpa knew what he was doing.Your mom gave you something very special.
    Cherish it.

    Welcome to the boards and congratulations on aquiring your grandpa's Mercury dime sets!

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really don't know how good those albums are from "what chemicals does it contain?" standpoint.Perhaps others around here know about what,if any,issues are in store long-term for the collector using Library of Coins albums.It appears to me that nothing adverse has happened so far to the dimes while in the album.Just be sure to keep the album in a cool,dry place out of sunlight.If the set were mine,i would find an appropriate-sized archival box to house the collection.Put some dessicant in the box for some moisture control.

    By the way,that's a real nice original 42/41 dime.You want it to stay original,exactly as it appears in your photo.Your appraiser is correct in that the 42/41 overdate,because of the condition it's in,would be the most expensive piece to a buyer.

    You might consider obtaining a letter of appraisal from PCGS certified dealer to include with the set. Get the price he would be willing to pay for the set as it is. Pay for the appraisal,to be done in your presence, if necessary. Appraisal fee would come off the price if the dealer were to manage to buy the set.

    The truth of the matter is that the dealer would most likely be interested in buying the keys only when it comes right down to it. Obvious to me,he is keenly interest in the 42/41.Get a separate appraisal price,in addition to the set total buy price for your 42/41.

    Leave 'em raw,leave 'em wild,leave 'em all in the album.You will find that your old album of dimes will get finer and finer as it ages.

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That 42/1 dime really looks nice (looks MS ) and if so worth at least 2k
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Wardster

    I visited PCGS certified dealer yesterday and he said that everything in the collection was authentic, but since I wasn't selling anything to just leave it as is. He said that the 1942/41 was the most valuable coin in the set because of its condition. Thanks for the additional replies and for welcoming me to the board.




    He gave you wonderful advice



    mark
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: jdimmick
    That 42/1 dime really looks nice (looks MS ) and if so worth at least 2k


    Can't really tell from that pic. I don't think it is MS, but could be AU. Would need to see a pic of the reverse.

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    looks like like the 16-d should grade a g-4
    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • WardsterWardster Posts: 4
    I don't have them with me today, but I will attempt to get better pictures of the 1942/41 and post them up.

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