Any Certified Mercury Dime Collectors Out There?

Nice additions!

I also collected Mercs from circulation as a teenager in the 1950's and 60's and have them all in a Whitman album - minus the 16D and the 42/1. They are cherished memories of those years.

A few years ago I purchased the 16-D from a local collector. It's a lowly G4 but blends in nicely with the Mercs from circulation.

Nice ones!

I own two certified Mercury dimes. The first one I got because of the date:



[It's not particularly high grade, but it has nice eye appeal and -- more importantly -- I could actually afford it.]

The second one I got because I wanted a really nice proof example for my U.S. Proof Type Set:

Nice coins, Barry!

I only have one for my type set.

Fantastic collection of Merc dimes!

@LibertyEagle20, thanks for posting this! I love early date Mercury dimes, that's my focus! You can check out my PCGS set registry here, and read the little blurb I wrote about the early dates! https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset/315326

I have been much less active on this forum the last few years, but I posted about my collecting journey in a few spots, I'll link to a few below. I just happened upon your post today when I was searching online for any Mercury dime collector groups (Facebook or otherwise).

To provide direct feedback on your questions...what I look for in certified Mercury dimes are coins that are well struck and have original surfaces (un-dipped/unadulterated), with natural toning. Original century-old silver dimes shouldn't look artificially bright white, so that isn't too appealing to me. As I say in the set registry intro: "I endeavor to include specimens that are well struck with toned luster and crusty original skin."

The design of the coin itself, and the rarity of the early dates (1916-1931) attracts me, and the inherent challenge of finding any decent specimens.

The branch mint early dates are super rare, I've been targeting AU58 in many dates, a few I've gotten lucky at MS62. Regarding FB, I really only have a few FB specimens in my collection, and have been thinking more recently how I really like luster a lot more than full bands. For instance, I'd like to upgrade my 1916 64FB to a toned 66. I really think that's where the good deals are, non-FB specimens, otherwise you're paying a pretty big premium oftentimes for FB.

Favorites from my collection, for me are the ones I purchased raw and graded higher than expected, and also those that I've been able to find out about a backstory. I started with a 1921-D raw ebay purchase for $300 in 2016 that graded VF35 at PCGS, and I've now got around 60 mercs in my collection, with around 10 of those in old ANACS soap box holders, the rest PCGS. I now have a few specimens of each key date too (16-D, 21, 21-D, and 26-S).

A few examples would be this one that I posted about, the 1926-S.
https://goccf.com/t/336876
This one achieved PCGS AU53: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/46306105

Back in Feb 2022, I posted this:
1919-S Mercury dime - Original Mid-Au?
https://goccf.com/t/416177

That one ended up PCGS AU58 and just received a CAC sticker!
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/46306100