Post a Favorite Mercury Dime

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keyman64
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edited May 29, 2020 3:41PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Unless I have missed it, it's been a while since there has been a nice quality Mercury Dime thread where folks post a favorite. I don't have many quality Mercury Dimes these days but I still have this one that I like very much. It is not currently recognized as variety in the PCGS Complete Variety Set but maybe one day? I can always hope.

I got this from Glenn Holsonbake at https://www.americanararecoin.com/ in 2013 when it was in an NGC non-variety attributed holder with CAC and crossed it to PCGS (non-variety) in the same grade (it has not revisited CAC though). The RPM is pretty darn cool. I photographed the coin prior to sending it to PCGS for True View etc. My photos are much more accurate and strangely enough the RPM does not show up well in the TV, No big deal. The coin is not anywhere close to dark or CAM/DCAM like the TV shows for the obverse. Anyway, here are the images.

Please post a favorite Mercury Dime of yours. :smile:

"If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • keyman64
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    Didn't PCGS start attributing PL Mercs? Anyone have any to share?

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  • TomB
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    There are some cool dimes in this thread!

    The 1919 posted by @CoinJunkie has to be unique for the date as this date doesn't often come with appreciable color, in my experience. The 1943-D by @erwindoc might have been a coin I held for viewing many, many years ago when the owner shared it with me. I also adore the 1921-D posted by @CoinHoarder.

    However, my absolute favorite in this thread thus far is the 1943-S by @P0CKETCHANGE. What a coin! It reminds me somewhat of a WQ I sold 20+ years ago that I have been searching for to reacquire.

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  • keyman64
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    @Fairlaneman Nice Ken. Dice cracks, polish lines...and clashed dies on Mercs are always awesome to find!

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • keyman64
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    @Sandman70gt said:
    @keyman64
    Cool that you're showin some mercs again. I am still using your pop chart. Spent some time with some old fashioned green sheets and did some personal updates for building my variety set.
    Not as vibrant as TomB's
    These are a couple of my favs

    It has certainly been a while. I even just changed my icon to the coin I posted in this thread. Your 1943-D is really really beautiful, I really like it. And yes, @TomB hardly ever posts anything short perfection. That 39-D is certainly something to drool over.

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  • keyman64
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    @david3142 & @robec

    Very Nice! B)

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  • keyman64
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    @DIMEMAN said:
    Greg - I like your new atavar. Here is just one of my fav Mercs.

    Thanks Jon. That's a good one, for sure! I should review some population numbers one day. Is that one still tough to find?

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  • DIMEMAN
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    @keyman64 said:

    @DIMEMAN said:
    Greg - I like your new atavar. Here is just one of my fav Mercs.

    Thanks Jon. That's a good one, for sure! I should review some population numbers one day. Is that one still tough to find?

    Yes, pretty tough. But not as tough as the 1941 DDO!!! :D

  • keyman64
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    @DIMEMAN said:

    @keyman64 said:

    @DIMEMAN said:
    Greg - I like your new atavar. Here is just one of my fav Mercs.

    Thanks Jon. That's a good one, for sure! I should review some population numbers one day. Is that one still tough to find?

    Yes, pretty tough. But not as tough as the 1941 DDO!!! :D

    :'( :'( :'(

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  • keyman64
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    @pursuitofliberty Nice, Todd. I do like the 34-D date for some reason.

    @android01 Really nice color!

    @coinbuf Small photos of the coin but dang that looks pretty sweet.

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  • keyman64
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    @coinbuf Nice 1930! The obv has great color...not common for the date, that's for sure.

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  • pursuitofliberty
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    Thanks @keyman64 ... good to see you! I like the 42-S you opened with. A little fire on that reverse!

    There are some sweet ones in here, for sure.

    And mmmmm ... I like that 30 @coinbuf


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  • keyman64
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    @Kyle That coin is sweet. Your 1964 Quarter isn't too shabby either. Well done. B)

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  • Kyle
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    Thanks! I bought it, and that 1935-S that @robec posted above raw from a seller on eBay.

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  • keyman64
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    Nice @ernie11 B)

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  • [Deleted User]
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    Wow @TomB Your 1939-D is incredible. Do you have a slab shot you can post of it?

  • keyman64
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    @rainbowroosie said:
    A proof

    That looks cool! You need some proper photos of that thing.

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