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New Member
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I have a Mercury dime design but it clearly says 18.. Is this possible? |
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Moderator
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 a picture would help figure out what you have. Edited by Fuzzy317
05/09/2012 11:29 pm
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New Member
 United States
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I put a 1935 next to it so you can compare the 19 and 18  |
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United States
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Moderator
United States
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the coin looks a little rough, so probably its just PMD on the date. Looks like its 1941  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's just damaged and corroded and the 9 happens to look like an 8.
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New Member
United States
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makes sense if something is rubbed off but how can something be rubben in :)
On the second digit compare it to the first, the hole is smaller and the middle line continues down to the right, which it doesn't on the 9
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New Member
United States
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ok thank you, I'm new to this. Was given a collection of thousands and thousands of them and trying to sort them out
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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at the very least you have thousands of dollars worth of silver!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"thousands and thousands of them"
Well, plural so that would mean a minimum of 4K
So at the least right now anyway you have $8,400.00
worth of silver. Not including any good ones that you may find.
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:
Was given a collection of thousands and thousands of them and trying to sort them out  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thousands and thousands ?  now thats a nice relative? Friend?  |
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New Member
United States
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A friend who gave them to me to sort out and split profits (i think for my share I'm going to keep the good one's and start a collection)
As of now I'm splitting it up by decade. any good tips on sorting?
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Rest in Peace
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Hi Smirk...... I ran your coin through one of my programs..Look where the arrow is pointing, a "9" would not have that protrusion to the right, unless the "9" was damaged or flattened out. I am no expert, but what I am saying is if it wasn't damaged or flattened out then it sure has the shape of an "8" |
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Exactly what I was saying
Can we get some more opinions?
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Pillar of the Community
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That is awesome that you have thousands to look for. Look for the mintmark too.
Besides the 1916-D, look for the 1921, 1921-D, 1926-S, 1930-S, 1931-D, and 1931-S. Those all have mintages under 2 million. They are worth keeping.
The mintmark is on the reverse, to the left of the column (fasces).
Good luck with the set. I hope you can find most of them.
Edited by wquinn
05/10/2012 1:35 pm
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