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I bought these items at auction tonight and I am wondering how I did. It seemed great at the time, but I am starting to second guess myself. 1847 Large Cent (nice details) 14.00 1921 Mercury dime (good-4?) 30.00 1917 T1 Standing Liberty quarter (EF) 31.00 These are the only three I am questioning. Please let me know what you think. Edited by philney
01/19/2008 3:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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1847 cent: assuming there is little to no corrosion and its not a flat disc with a little detail, you did very well. 1921 dime: how did you manage that?! even if its an AG, thats a good value. 1917 quarter: double check the grade of this one. a lot of SL quarters are overgraded in the midrange grades because of a jump in value between vf and xf. you did well for this one either way. good job!  |
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I think you did exceptionally well....extraordinarily exceptional, even. If you check the Red Book, numismedia.com and pcgs.com, you'll see. Jim |
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Sounds like you did good, do you have any pics
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Phil, nice buys! Were these on line or a an estate auction, live?
Jim
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I say that sounds pretty good. I do have a question about the g Mercury dime though. Can you read the 1 clearly on the front or no? I was at shriners yesterday and they have ag/g Mercury dimes for like 25-40 bucks depending but all of them at that grade you can hardly read the 1 in the date. |
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1921 Mercury dime for $30? Run back there and get as many as possible for that price. WOW! Nice. I go to coin shows all the time and the Mercury dimes are exceptionally high in prices and that 1921 is way up there lately. Again, nice deals. I edited this to say in reality you may have basically gotten the other two almost free considering what the 21 Merc would sell for. Edited by just carl
01/19/2008 12:09 pm
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I am posting the pics here. I can see the 1 on the merc, but only the top half. I am not sure how good the pics will look, but here they are. I bought these at our coin club meeting. There was a 1916D Merc there but the starting bid was 400 and I had already spent too much. I wish I had paid attention and I would have a 1916D instead of my fourth 1921. Image:  KENS054.jpg47.48 KB Image: KENS053.jpg22.87 KB Image: KENS055.jpg57.54 KB |
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Can have a look see at the reverse of the Merc ?
from the obverse the coin is an AG-3 having the rim,lettering, bust and date blended.
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Here is the reverse of the 21 Merc. I checked the others and they all have the full 1, but this one only has about half showing. I knew I should have let it go. I just have so few keys and semi-keys that I jump on them when I get the chance. Image: KENS056.jpg28.07 KB |
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There's nothing wrong with that Philney because you can always upgrade later.
As for the 1921 Merc it is AG-3 with the reverse possibly a fair 2 given that One and United are all but gone.
I think it would probably grade out at AG-3.
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philney
Check that coin real good for a D mint mark ,, with that much rim gone its possible only a very small amount of the MM would be visable ,, if it is the D it would substantially improve the value even for an AG-3 example.
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