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New Member
United States
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I'm still very new to collecting. US coin is my main interest so far. I've gathered a few goodies. And talking to an older gentleman I had mentioned my favorite coin thus far being Mercury dimes! So he (being a veteran collector) passed on something to get me started. 1941-1945 all mints. He said all uncirculated. I'm taking it to a guy I met and getting them looked at under trained eye.. non the less this has lit a fire and I am in love. Do any of you have experience with these sets. He said he has owned this one for the last 50 years.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What you have is known as a short set. It is composed of the last 5 years of the Mercury dimes. Very popular; very collectible. Other than that I can't give an opinion about the individual coins from you image. Each coin would have to be images separately at high resolution, front and back, to say anything more about them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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non the less this has lit a fire and I am in love. And so it begins! 😄 The coins look uncirculated, nice set! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
Puerto Rico
778 Posts |
Nice set |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You may want to check for mint varieties, rpm and full band, always good to have a new Mercury dimes collector on board. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks guys. I got home to my glass.. they definatly look uncirculated. But not all completely flaweless. So gorgeous though... I've got some definate full bands but not on the key dates. Nothing is seemingly unaverage about them.. but I can't stop looking at them... or smiling!
I'll try and take some better pictures when I get a few minutes.. and this forums photo upload system is still tricking me around abit lol. Thanks everyone. I'm really looking forward to get into this coin collecting fun to be had.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No need to worry about a fake 16D in that set. Use a good magnifier on the 42D. It could be a 42D/41. Not easy to detect but the bottom of the 4 in the date would look like a doubled. Always check the rear of Mercury dimes for the bands on the bundles in the center. Many what is called FSB's, Full Steel Bands are usually worth more. In fact if that 1945 has FSB's, might be in the 30 to 40 thousand dollar range. The middle band around the middle is almost always a blob. Although the 45 is one of the highest mintage Mercury dimes, only about 2% have FSB's. That would make it far more valuable than the 16D in any grade. And I do like those short sets like the one you posted. Those Dimes are my favorite coin. I have well over 3,000 of them. Edited by just carl
09/27/2014 8:33 pm
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New Member
United States
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One thing I'm noticing under a very bright light some of them don't see to have quite the luster others are showing. Is this something silver can do over time? Wats the most likely cause? Handling? Improper storage?
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New Member
United States
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I would say 1941D, 1945D, 1944D appear the closest to full band that I can see without the best magnifier. 1944d being the best by a good long shot. The luster on the 1944d has faded slightly. Not the worst. And I'm not seeing any doubling on the 42D. A part of me finds good in having genetic coins filling this set. Who it came from and what it is means to much to me.. the idea of it housing a 10+ thousand dollar coin would make me consider selling to much. Which is just something I don't want to do.
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New Member
United States
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And thank you all very much. Loving this place.
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