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

goldrealmoney79goldrealmoney79 Posts: 417 ✭✭✭
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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

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    gonzergonzer Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bad pictures, not slabbed, that is all.

    Vplite99
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    TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stay away. Far away.

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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Run, far away .....

    Dave

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,849 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    Klif50Klif50 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭✭

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

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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RUN Forrest RUN!!!!

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,813 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 23, 2020 5:19PM

    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.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,711 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    toyz4geotoyz4geo Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,514 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would pass.

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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 23, 2020 6:57PM

    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......

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    Sandman70gtSandman70gt Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @roadrunner

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

    Lol, I have to sing that part of the song to my grandson.

    But back to coins, yep agree, with others here, you dodged a bullet. Fake and horrible pics. No chance of a win to be had.

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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Where will it grade at? Most likely wherever it's sent to.

    What will it grade at? Dunno.

    theknowitalltroll;
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    CommencentsCommencents Posts: 349 ✭✭✭

    Buyers feedback

    Very nice 16d!
    1916 d $$$$$ mercury dime (#164178581391)

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would not even consider bidding on that... Appears to be a fake...Cheers, RickO

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,592 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bogus. Pass

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    goldrealmoney79goldrealmoney79 Posts: 417 ✭✭✭

    Whoaw thanks for all the responses, guess someone got burned for a grand.

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