So What Would Be The Grade Of This Machine Doubled 1942 Mercury Dime?

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Joshu - a Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 7:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff

macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5838 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 8:11 pm Judging from the wear from theses pictures. F-15 to VF-25. Report this Post to the Staff
MisterT Pillar of the Community United States 2004 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 8:14 pm Need better pics, large and clear. From what I can see here the obverse looks VF-20. The reverse not a clue from these pics. I would clean that date with acetone inside the loop of the "2". Possible 2 over 1? Report this Post to the Staff
pristine2 Pillar of the Community United States 1048 Posts	Posted 02/12/2022 8:22 pm Great close ups! The whole-coin pics aren't great though. Using the obv pic and extrapolating from the rear close-up, I don't see F12, and certainly nowhere close to VF. Put me at VG-10. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 12:13 am Much sharper full-size pics needed for an accurate evaluation. Report this Post to the Staff
Joshu - a Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 08:34 am The obverse picture is accurately clear. Report this Post to the Staff
pristine2 Pillar of the Community United States 1048 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 11:03 am Quote: The obverse picture is accurately clear. Your close-ups of the coin certainly are. Are you using a scope? Even cheap Chinese digital scopes these can usually be tweaked to give you full-coin shots, but it isn't always obvious how to do it. If it isn't possible, there are a host of cell phone tricks you can google up to improve your exposures. Anyway please don't be offended. This forum is packed with people who, like me, spend way too much time looking at coins. It took me years to figure out how to produce a decent coin pic even when I was handling hundreds of coins a day, and I still can;t always get them right. Edited by pristine2 02/13/2022 11:03 am Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10047 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 5:34 pm Quote: I would clean that date with acetone inside the loop of the "2". Possible 2 over 1? Its not a 42/1 compare pics online to see how easy it is to tell b/c on the error coin the 1 is prominently on the front of the 2. If you are asking about grade to see about slabbing - this date is just way too common in circulated condition to justify the costs of slabbing it. JMO, but I have seen coins like this, of common date, in the melt pile of coins shops. Look at ebay SOLD auctions for an idea of value. The Machine Doubling adds no value. Machine Doubling is not a collectible type of error. It happens very often as a result of loose dies (even to this day it happens). The hobby mainly values things like doubled dies where the image was actually engraved twice into the die striking coins. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 6:07 pm I think the strong MD here makes it quite interesting if not valuable. Other than that, it looks like just a bullion coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Joshu - a Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 8:27 pm I checked the Red Book. I'd say it is F-12. I should've got a better picture of the back. The vertical lines are all there. I rubbed un-cure and goo-gone on the dime. It gave it a good polish, but it didn't make the date look any different. Report this Post to the Staff
Ty2020b Pillar of the Community United States 4680 Posts	Posted 02/13/2022 8:37 pm Quote: I rubbed un-cure and goo-gone on the dime. It gave it a good polish, but it didn't make the date look any different. For future reference I would stick with pure acetone, or xylene if you need something a bit stronger. Also, "giving it a good polish" isn't the best practice unless you want to ruin a coin. Moot on this coin, but if it did have value, it would have substantially devalued it. Rolling an acetone/xylene soaked qtip over the surface lightly with little to no pressure is all that's needed. Edit: without sharper pics, I'm at F12/15 Edited by Ty2020b 02/13/2022 8:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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