I Want This Coin So Badly!

No, I'm doing the Merc set. only 18 coins to go. With the drop in silver I have picked up a lot of hole fillers.

Just got the coin today, when you look at it at the right angle there are little black spots around the fasces. But I am happy with the coin. Its on my desk and I cant stop looking at it!

Either tomorrow or friday I am going to pick up some more hole fillers. Since I'm on a tight budget, I get common dates for melt that range from G-VG. All I need now are common dates (save the 31-S) and 1916-D, I picked up the 21, 21D, and 26S early so I could get the others fast.

Almost every coin in my album grades below a Fine, so its nice to have something to spice it up. And no, I'm not taking it out of the slab.

The later date Mercury dimes are easy to find, even in high grades. I can't take a coin out of a slab either, so I filled my set with all non-slabbed coins. But I find it fun to find raw coins in high grades that I can get for MS 60-63 prices. All of my coins from 1934-1945 are in this condition and none are slabbed. Even full bands coins can be had for decent prices (sometimes) when "raw". But most of the dealers are knowledgeable about the full bands and ask higher prices. You really have to cherry-pick these.