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1942/ 41 Mercury Dime

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 Posted 04/18/2007  06:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thingee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WoW!! What a coin!! How sweet it is!
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 Posted 04/30/2007  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepperkat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It came in today form PCI. Here is how they graded it. Sorry the photo did not take well.

Image: 1942/-41-Mercury-Dime 1942vf30.jpg
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 Posted 05/01/2007  2:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfabustisbetter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow. That's a good grade, I'd say a PCI VF-30 would be considered by the market to be anywhere from F-VF money, so somewhere in the six hundreds.

Great find, great story, please share more with the board if you have a chance!
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 Posted 05/01/2007  3:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thingee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Congratulations Pepperkat!
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 Posted 05/01/2007  7:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NumisMattyUk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice but mine's got a deeper grade than that I think...tho' maybe not it's a scanned image hmm

Ok about VF?
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 Posted 05/02/2007  5:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tmor to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My Brown and Dunn's guide says "The two diagonal bands must show where they cross the bundle of sticks. Liberty's hair braid will show considerable detail." The illustrations show considerably more detail the coin does.
My Official A.N.A. Grading Standards for U.S. Coins says for VF-20, "Reverse: Wear shows on the two diagonal bands but most details are visible. All vertical lines are sharp."
If I was feeling generous I would give the coin a F+ or F-15 but definitely not a VF-30. My recommendation is to get rid of the coin immediately; tell you what, I'll give you a shiny new dime for your beat up worn one, LOL!
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 Posted 05/02/2007  7:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You met J.T. Stanton at a show, and talked him into personally grading the coin? And he signed the slab for you?

I like you.

For the record, J.T. Stanton is, among other things, the proprietor of Stanton Books & Supplies, co-author of the Cherrypicker's Guide, and the newly-appointed CEO of PCI. I expect PCI to enhance its' position among TPG's under his leadership. He's, um, a rather respected figure in numismatics, to say the least.

He's also the author of an excellent article on coin photography, near and dear to me:

http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgphotography.htm
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 Posted 05/03/2007  11:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rons to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
vf30 is quite generous on their behalf but the autograph makes it jump at least a half grade :) Congratulations What a great story on how you found it and your mothers sacrifice in keeping them for her kids. Terrific
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 Posted 05/03/2007  12:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add asciibaron to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i would sell this coin pronto - there is no way that's a VF-30. only got that grade because it's an 42/1.

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 Posted 05/10/2007  11:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfabustisbetter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sold for $800...all I can say is, "Wow."

"Wow."

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 Posted 05/11/2007  8:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DoubleDie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin is on the edge of F12-VF20, but VF30 is a stretch. Glad you sold it for what you wanted.
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 Posted 05/12/2007  09:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepperkat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all, I'm so glad I found this site.
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