1916-D Mercury Dime!

Welcome to Coin Community, Jphillips224. This one is a tough call. Although not considered to be "dishonest," SEGS doesn't enjoy quite the level of reputation in the collecting world as does PCGS, NGC and ANACS. For that reason, there might be some doubt about the coin's authenticity, given the lengths to which people have gone to fake them.

If it's an authentic, original-surfaces 1916-D and worthy of the VG-8 grade, you're looking at a coin worth over $1000. I would strongly consider switching it to another service's slab if you're planning on liquidating it, though.

Jp, welcome. With your first post and not sure how long you been following
CCF, Coin Community Family. SsuperDdave is one of the best here to give you the correct advice. Good Luck in your adventure.

I'm going to answer this based on the assumption that you're looking to liquidate.

In the marketplace, PCGS slabs bring the best prices for most issues, usually by a wide-enough margin to more than justify the extra expense of their service. In your case, that's easily rationalized. However, they are also the most expensive to utilize, especially if you're just looking to submit this one coin. They require a purchased membership, plus the cost of grading, shipping and insuring your coin.

However, many PCGS-affiliated dealers will be happy to submit your coin on consignment, usually for their cost plus a little consideration for their effort. That last number varies; I couldn't advise you as to what it might be. You can start here, to find a dealer in your area:

http://www.pcgs.com/dealers/

If you're willing to share your general location, we might have specific people we know and can recommend. This would be the process I think you'd want to use; I don't know if it's worth your while to become a PCGS member just for one coin.

Also, this one is worth liquidating through a formal auction house like Heritage, Stacks-Bowers, Teletrade or Great Collections. Another avenue of approach to getting your coin switched in the slab might be through them; in many cases they will submit on your behalf in return for your consigning the coin to their auction. They're better situated to put the coin in front of dedicated collectors than ebay, which would be far more chancy.

Could not agree more with SsuperDdave on this especially if going on ebay where you'd have to sell it as essentially raw in a SEGS holder.
Quite honestly, it appears cleaned by this photo. PCGS would be my choice on this coin.

Can you post pics of the reverse?

People would be looking at the placement of the mint mark, a way to authentice it as a true 1916-D. Also, a die roatation, but not sure if you have the slab lined up exactly the same for both pictures...

Houston...., we have die rotation! Bingo!

From what little I know, all genuine 1916-D Mercury dimes have a slightly rotated die. just another thing in your favor for it being genuine.
The 16-d's have a slight rotation of the reverse relative to the obverse. there were 4 different reverse dies used,but your mint mark looks like one I saw a ways back. rotated clockwise.maybe die #2?