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Ready for the closing ceremony tomorrow. Not me...  I never want these "Days of ..." threads to end...  I truly love seeing everyone else's coins. You all have magnificent collections and I am so happy you have posted all the pictures you have.  (We'll do the official sign-off tomorrow! I just am very happy to have seen the wonderful coins you all have posted!) |
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Well. I couldn't really post all coins for every year  Here's one I just find when looking for coins for the 45's, its a 44 PCGS Broadstruck dime, as for grade, I leave it up to the viewer here to guess...    Moe, My Buffaloes are no where near what I have in Mercury dimes, but I will participate in the later years. Thanks again for this post. |
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mm, the hit on the fasces is pretty noticeable, but it's the only mark worth mentioning... I'll say MS66FB on that broad-strike. Before moving on to the last day of dimes, I'll post an addendum that just arrived in the mail.  1945:  1945-D:  1945-S "Micro S":  Another 1945-S "Micro S"! This should really be on my trading block, but it's got this cool mauve color that makes it hard to let go:  Yet another "Micro S". Somehow I have three of these but no regular S.  And I might as well finish with the 1945-D that got me started collecting this series and the very photographs that sold it to me.  I originally intended that to just be a type example, but once I got it, it started talking to me, telling me I need to collect more in that quality! Now it's a sickness! As much as I hate to see this thread wind down, I am looking forward to posting my complete (if mostly low-ball) Buffalo set. |
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This is the very first coin I ever found roll searching, a 1945 small S. I found it in my very first roll no less...  |
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Thank you Moe for another fine job. All my offerings were plucked from circulation a long time ago but I enjoyed digging them out. Brought back great memories of roll searching back in the day. The true enjoyment was seeing all the great collections put together by the other members. Since this is the closing ceremony, I have put together the following podium which IMHO are my choices. Too many honorable mentions to list.   |
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Thanks Moe for bringing us together for another 'Days of' thread. Beyond allowing us to see and enjoy everyone's Mercury collection you've actually accomplished something much more significant for me personally. Like so many members my tattered Whitman is over 50 years old and I started it when I was 10 years old and completed it a few years later. I see my hand written note as a ten year old next to the still empty 1916D - "nice one costs $110". The coins don't have much value and I hadn't scanned them into my database or even looked at that Whitman in years. Now I have them all in my database. This may be a familiar story for many members. My Dad brought home some change every day from his factory job at a brass mill and that was my source. As I think back about Dad - he probably would have to stop and buy some gum or a candy bar every day so he could have some change in his pocket for me. Here are my 1945 Mercs 1945P   1945D   1945S   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
02/14/2012 09:52 am
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This has been a great show, thanks everyone for your many fine examples. I'm looking forward the the next run of Buffalo nickles. |
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Well, that beats my story. I got a few of my Mercury dimes from my Dad (he was proud of cherry-picking the 1943 with the die cracks), but for most it was more along the lines of "I saw this cool one on the Internet, so I bought it."  |
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I got interested when I worked at my parents restaurant, one of the rolls of pennies from change was a 1885 Indian head, its pristine in condition. I held it for years and once I had enough money to join NGC collector society, I submitted along with other coins I bought over the years. That Indian penny came by as MS-64B from NGC. I still hold that coin till this day. I can't quite remember why I collect Mercury dimes, I know that the design really intrigued me and the Freedom of Thought. 1945's Wow. Great show everybody. 1945 P Anyone have a FB in their collection? pic please!   1945 D   1945 S   1945 D over Horizontal D    1945 S over Horizontal S    |
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Looks like I missed the party! Well, at least I've made it before it ended... Here's my very first 1945 micro s, it has a beautiful tone to it.   Here's another micro s, what do you guys think about airtight holders?   This micro s is honestly not the best coin in the world, but she's mine.    Here's a slabbed normal s 1945 merc, which (very) surprisingly got graded ms-66 by pcgs.   Here's another slab, this time from ngc, ms66fb. I had it tested for a rotated die, but it came back with 11 degrees, missing their cutoff for the designation by 4 degrees.    . Now, here's my baby. A gorgeous raw micro s.   Here she is again!   ...and again!  Boy, that sure took a while... I hope you guys like my 1945's (no pun intended!) Edited by Opne
02/14/2012 8:25 pm
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@Opne...wow! Beautiful! Sure wish I could have seen your other mercs.
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