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Whaddaya Make Of This Ebay 1916-D Merc?

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 Posted 11/08/2014  11:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jpsned to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So what is the consensus? Is it a complete forgery or is it a 16-P with a D added?
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 Posted 11/08/2014  6:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jpsned to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Why hasn't he had it TPG'd?


Because then he wouldn't be able to sell it as a possibly genuine coin.
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 Posted 11/08/2014  7:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is really dumb. If he even slightly suspected it was real, he would have had it authenticated by a TPGS. Then he could have tried for about $15 to 20 Thousand dollars. Why mess around for hundreds when could have made thousands. Easy, he too suspects it is a fake.
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 Posted 11/09/2014  10:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin is genuine, the mint Mark is not.

Either the mint mark was created by carefully reworking the metal in the mintmark area OR it is a "D" mint mark that has been soldered on to a genuine coin.

The discoloration around the mint mark is a huge red flag.
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 Posted 11/09/2014  4:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rarecollectibles to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A comparison to known graded coins indicates it is a fake. I reported it th ebay.
I can't sit by and watch someone lose ther hard earned money on this coin.
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 Posted 11/13/2014  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jpsned to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The dime has disappeared. Hope that's a good sign.
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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rollsearcher37 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Funny enough, I checked the listing this morning, and it was still up. Had $250+ in bids, too.

Maybe there were enough reports for ebay to finally realize there was a problem. If I remember correctly, this is the day the listing would have ended. It was probably pulled at the last minute.
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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Susuman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is this the same coin relisted here? The seller says that ebay pulled the listing and he now states that the D is added.

http://www.coincommunity.com/go/f1.asp?target=http://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-D-Mercury-Dime-D-ADDED-/191407137231?&hash=item2c90c121cf
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