Okay, can you believe I found a second 1936-S/29 FS-110 Mercury Dime?
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Alright, so about a month ago I find one of these at a Milwaukee Coin Show. I go to this little show today and find this.
Here is the first one below.
Here is the first one below.
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And I mean that as a sincere compliment. Very nice pick indeed.
....very
1935-S RPM FS-501 (10c-010.5) Coneca RPM 2 (page 60 Vol II, top of page)
1941-S DDR FS-801 Coneca 1-R-II (page 67, bottom of page)
1945-D over Horizontal D FS-506 Coneca RPM 6 (page 72, bottom of page)
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<< <i>Okay, can you believe I found a second 1936-S/29 FS-110 Mercury Dime? >>
Not sure I can believe there is a 1936/29-S dime in the first place. Reminds me of the 1853/4 25c. I see something but it doesn't really pass a logic test.
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<< <i>Okay, can you believe I found a second 1936-S/29 FS-110 Mercury Dime? >>
Not sure I can believe there is a 1936/29-S dime in the first place. Reminds me of the 1853/4 25c. I see something but it doesn't really pass a logic test. >>
The theory is during the depression where everyone was trying to save money. Mint employees found an old unused die, cleaned it up a bit and re-hubbed it in 1936. The line next to the tail of the 9 is thought to be the tail of the 9 from 1929. The straight line of the bottom of the 2 and the angle up toward the right is seen. What you don't really see in the image is the amount of grinding lines in the date area.
Listed in the Cherrypickers' Guide on page 61 as FS-10-1936S-110. The description gives the theory. They also state when the dates are overlayed the dates are in the right place for the 1929.
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<< <i>Very neat variety. What is the rarity of this particular variety? >>
I don't know. I would say i have looked at between 500 and 100 1936-S dimes in the last two years. Out of that I have found two in the last month...Go figure...
There are a few graded at PCGS so there are a few out there.
Edited to fix the date. I had said 1939-S in error.
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