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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi All, I bought my first Mercury dime off ebay this week and received it today. It looks realy shiny. I know they cleaned it but does that lower the value of the dime ? and how can I tell if its really 90% silver? |
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Valued Member
United States
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Congrats on a beautiful coin. If its a real Mercury dime it will be made of 90% silver 10% copper and will weigh 2.50 grams. If it is a dime made on or after 1965 it will be made of a outer layer of copper-nickel sandwiched over a copper core and will weigh 2.27 grams. You can drop a silver coin onto say a table top and will make a very different sound than its modern counterpart. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
Link to the ebay auction? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
Not so sure that it has been cleaned. Very nice. It's a beauty.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I know they cleaned it but does that lower the value of the dime ? If it was in fact cleaned it would make it basically worth its silver value. From the auction though the pictures didnt look like a coin where your first guess would be its cleaned. |
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Valued Member
United States
144 Posts |
That is a very pretty coin and a nice addition to your collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
It could just be the pictures, looks like good strike and no reason to clean such a common coin for this year.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
that coin looks like it has good reflectivity...i doubt its been cleaned based on sellers pic...can you post cam shots from your source...i'd like to see it if you dont mind....
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Valued Member
United States
169 Posts |
its a beauty !Another way that you can tell its silver is by looking at the the rim of the coin .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
Unless you know something that we don't; I don't believe that it has been cleaned. Nice looking coin to add to your collection. I checked the web site also.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1339 Posts |
Don't look cleaned to me.......Weigh the coin....Looks like a nice Mercury dime |
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Valued Member
United States
202 Posts |
Looks good to me. I don't think it's been cleaned.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
652 Posts |
I agree - original mint luster - not cleaned IMO.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
 with everyone else - not cleaned - and what a beaut! |
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Posted 03/08/2013 02:28 am
