Where do you think this 1916D merc dime will grade at?

goldrealmoney79 · May 23, 2020 1:20PM

Not my coin, although I was an underbidder.
Seems like its cleaned from the photos but higher grade than the typical raw 1916D you see these a days. Which grade do you think its at?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-d-mercury-dime-/164178581391?hash=item2639ce578f%3Ag%3AqNQAAOSwnQ5eqQVV&nma=true&si=hm%252BqievhPQTRz4cX%252FHIYOSM068o%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

gonzer · May 23, 2020 1:26PM

Wonder why it's not slabbed??? Also, with the word "inheritance" in the description, that's all you need to know to beat feet.

Smudge · May 23, 2020 1:28PM

And I thought my photos were bad. I would have avoided that one.

vplite99 · May 23, 2020 1:30PM

Bad pictures, not slabbed, that is all.

Unknown · May 23, 2020 1:37PM

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TurtleCat · May 23, 2020 1:39PM

You lucked out by not winning the auction. Congrats on dodging a bullet.

No Headlights · May 23, 2020 1:52PM

With that much detail even if it’s cleaned you need to ask yourself why it isn’t slabbed. The 16-D is readily available. I would stay clear in ungraded examples. Good luck with the search

291fifth · May 23, 2020 1:57PM

1916-D Mercury dime and "raw" should never appear in the same sentence.

cmerlo1 · May 23, 2020 1:57PM

I would bet $1025 on a square at a Vegas roulette table before I would use it to buy that coin. At least I have a tiny chance of winning at roulette.

koynekwest · May 23, 2020 2:03PM

Stay away. Far away.

Dave99B · May 23, 2020 2:04PM

Run, far away .....

Dave

LeeBone · May 23, 2020 2:34PM

Not a chance in H*** I'd bid on that auction

Outhaul · May 23, 2020 2:46PM

Judging by the pictures and description...no grade, not genuine.

Klif50 · May 23, 2020 3:49PM

Looks fake to me. I wouldn't touch it.

jdimmick · May 23, 2020 3:50PM

It will grade counterfeit. Does even look close to being a real counterfeit

DIMEMAN · May 23, 2020 4:31PM

RUN Forrest RUN!!!!

Kliao · May 23, 2020 5:10PM

Looks counterfeit. Your lucky you didn’t win it.

BuffaloIronTail · May 23, 2020 5:14PM

@Smudge said:
And I thought my photos were bad. I would have avoided that one.

Yea..........a coin like that and no good pics?

Good night, Irene.

Pete

BillJones · May 23, 2020 5:18PM

The photos are so bad that this offering would not get to first base for me. This is like betting one number on a roulette wheel with 360 spots, not 36, and 30 sets of “you lose” 00 spots.

MFeld · May 23, 2020 5:26PM

I took 12 replies before someone actually answered the OP’s question. And I concur with the answer - not genuine.

toyz4geo · May 23, 2020 5:29PM

Obverse pic on one surface, reverse on another. Probably not even the same coin.

JBK · May 23, 2020 5:56PM

No offense to the OP and apologies in advance, but anyone who bid on that auction is coo coo like a clock.

Spend a little more and get a real one.

The "inheritance" angle is meant to convince bidders that they have found lost treasure, and it gives the buyer an excuse for selling a forgery, or at best a heavily impaired coin.

Jimnight · May 23, 2020 6:20PM

I would pass.

roadrunner · May 23, 2020 6:52PM

Only 2 bidders took this one up above $550......likely one Bidiot and the other a shill.

97.4% Seller Feedback. That puts them squarely in the bottom 1% of all Ebayers. Yikes. You only get that kind of FB two ways. Either being a martyr and landing on land mines for the good of the hobby....or you have little integrity.

Seller's 1901 "unc" Morgan is atrocious.

https://ebay.com/itm/1901-P-Morgan-silver-dollar-uncirculated-Ref-A-4054-/164164766699?hash=item2638fb8beb%3Ag%3AXmQAAOSwM6hemg5b&nma=true&si=9C5jSvkbif4Cq%252F5N6tjglN9H%252Ba4%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Baby shark............run away....do do do do do do......