The coolest untoned Merc ever - you won't be disappointed

Blade · December 26, 2003 12:44PM

That thread with the prooflike pics reminded me that the upcoming Heritage sale as a bunch of prooflike coins sprinkled through the various denominations. An astute collector hunted these down for over 25 years.

This Merc is just mindblowing. Pretty much defines prooflike and NGC thought so and gave it that designation.

jbsteven · December 26, 2003 1:12PM

I truly wonder what that coin will bring in auction.

mdwoods · December 26, 2003 1:18PM

tree fiddy

TAP444 · December 26, 2003 1:21PM

The 41s ngc dime listed below this one looks proolike also
but is not in a new ngc holder.
tim

jbsteven · December 26, 2003 1:29PM

looks like there are quite a few PL Mercs for sale in this auction. might have to pick one of those up unless Tim gets them all.

JohnZ · December 26, 2003 1:29PM

I would need to see that coin in person. It's VERY easy to make a coin look PF in a photo.

No offense intended.

wingedliberty · December 26, 2003 1:38PM

Amazing coin. I would not be surprised to see it realize $9000

LucyBop · December 26, 2003 1:39PM

<< <i>I would need to see that coin in person. It's VERY easy to make a coin look PF in a photo. >>

i was thinking the same thing...

Tonelover · December 26, 2003 1:46PM

It probably just came back from NCS. Watch out for NGC "PL's" in a new holder. One one hand they did just start giving the PL designation to more series than Commems and Morgans but come on, how many ORIGINAL PL Mercury Dimes has anyone here seen or heard of? I know a PL Boone I recently inquired about just got the NCS bath and the seller admitted that it wasn't PL when he sent it in. Remember, you heard it here first.

JohnZ · December 26, 2003 1:54PM

Tonelover, EXCELLENT POINT!

I'm 50-50 on an NCS bath. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Caveat Emptor.

Tonelover · December 26, 2003 2:43PM

Yeah, then they have the nerve to trump themselves up with supercalifragalisticexpialodocious monster Registry Set grades. So you now have a conserved coin which is double trouble thanks to gradeflation, all in all a very bad recipie. There's a lot of it going around these days. Or do I just have too negative an outlook? Maybe some of the seasoned pros such as Coinguy or MrEureka can tell us how many original Prooflike Mercury Dimes in MS-68 they've seen in their time.

TAP444 · December 26, 2003 2:43PM

I don't think it will sell for 9k, if so maybe I should buy the other one , and send it to ncs
and get the pl designation from ngc and sell it, the pics of the 2 don't look very different
to me.
tim
except the 2nd one has a few more marks on the holder

Cam40 · December 26, 2003 4:08PM

the coin is really nice but its just that NGC`s grading make me sick.

its all about market grading with them.
good for them and those that sell, bad for everyone else that `buys the plastic` and discounts the coin itself.

JMO

Blade · December 27, 2003 3:03AM

bump in case others haven't seen it.

Yeah, the new slabbing makes me a little nervous too. Several of the others are in older NGC slabs and were either sent in after the star designation or resubmitted to get it.

marcmoish · December 27, 2003 10:23AM

ditto cam40, and frankly I don't care for any of those including the dumb star.
Hello!, do I really need some service telling me the coin is extra special?.

I also believe the coin will NOT sell (you heard it here first

) in NGC plastic if it says 68 it is maximum 67 at best (at least as far as Merc's are concerned) and together with the bath theorys.......

Marc

wingedliberty · December 27, 2003 10:50AM

Heritage takes the cake for the worst coin photography in history.

The coolest untoned Merc ever - you won't be disappointed

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