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“Grades revealed” 42/41 mercury dimes which would you keep and why
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Thank you in advance for your opinions. I will post the current grades in a day or two.
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IMO, sell them both and buy a higher grade.
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B has had a slight cleaning
There are things I don’t like about both. I will say some details are a bit more visible on B like the diagonal and vertical reverse bands. I make it a practice of keeping coins I like. If I wanted a 42/1, I would sell both examples and purchase a higher grade example with a CAC sticker…preferably an example that comes with a nice TrueView. If you are an NGC fan, one that has a PhotoVision photo associated with it. Either way, higher grade + CAC sticker + quality photo.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
Neither looks original (the surfaces are too glossy) and I wouldn’t keep either. I spent a long time looking before I got mine. I was originally targeting an XF, but this VF35 came along and the color was phenomenal and the details marginally less than an XF… plus it was a lot cheaper than even the junky XF coins I saw. It’s a cool piece, but nice ones exist… wait and you’ll do better.
I would not keep either coin. Wait for a better example to come along, and it will.
If I had to choose, I would keep A. Longer term, I would find a more original coin to replace A.
I don’t like either / both dates can be obtained BU and when it comes to Mercury dimes, I like ‘em shiny!!
First coin is original, second coin was cleaned and retoned (but a little better detail). I'd pick #1
This thread is about the 1942 over 41 overdate coin. They are not readily available in BU, and when they are, they are out of most collector's price ranges.
I would not keep either as others have said. Both don't look original. Would look for a more original looking example.
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The first one does not look completely original, IMO, and it seems like others agree. It seems more original, so I’d also keep #1 if forced to choose, but as others have said, I’d eschew both and wait for a better example.
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I thought I had posted this last night when i saw your post, but guess I didn't as it was in the drafts
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Easy choice for me ... A
B has digs in the obverse field behind neck and looks to have been wiped "more"
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Agree with the consensus here... I'd always see those hairlines on B. A looks like it's had a bath, but not a hard scrubbing like B got.
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If I were to keep one, it would be A. That being said, if you sold both, you could likely get a better specimen (one you would really like) with the funds. Cheers, RickO
While I agree that neither choice is, uh, choice, it's somewhere between disingenuous and absurdly unconscious for you to so blithely assert that everyone can/should buy this special coin in "BU" condition.
I preferred "B" until I saw the reverse. It has those unfortunate parallel cleaning lines running down it.
Between these two, I like A better.
For what it’s worth, I had a similar 42/1 not long ago. I never considered it a mere “hole filler,” but I never really loved it either. In the end, I went the upgrade route.
I happened upon a nice specimen that was not uncirculated but pleasing, and think you might consider similar as it was a slabbed AU55 from ATS. Prob needs acetone bath:
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These always seem to lack eye appeal. First looks better.
Probably A, I don’t like the vertical hairline scratches on B
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Found a 42/1 Good , in change, a couple years ago .... looks nicer in Unc
The obvious hairlines on B are a turn off to me. I vote A for now, but would sell both and buy a higher graded problem free specimen.
Everyone thank you for your comments.
Personally I thought B was cleaned however it still received a straight grade.
I will get rid of B and keep A until I find a nicer looking higher grade coin. Once I do I will get rid of A. Unfortunately, I don’t see higher grade coins often not just for the 42/41 but also the 42/41d.
Straight graded B, hmmm, I was wrong and I admit it.
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Love the 45, nice grades
Nice grades; I'm surprised, especially at A.