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Valued Member
United States
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Started flipping my mercs for longer term storage. Missing 14 dimes currently from Dansco, and filling in album pages with extras to practice grading on, thinking of trying to build a few grade sets if I end up with enough. Thanks for all the help on this forum getting me started on this :)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a good project!
I wish I had bought 1.5x1.5's for my smaller coins, but I already have so many 2x2 stuff that I might as well use them. Nice to get so many coins on a page.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I recently took a picture of my box of Mercury dimes, they are fun, fun, fun! Best of luck  Edited by thecoinguy1964
01/11/2015 07:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
A potential peice of advice: I wish I would have saved and bought a decent 16-d to start my Mercury Dansco (or earlier in my accumulation phase), instead of now having a full album with one empty hole! I now feel less inclined to fill it because I have lost the fever over time. Just my ten cents!
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Valued Member
United States
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Please buy a CERTIFIED 1916-D Mercury dime, even if you crack it out and put it in your album. There are SO MANY counterfeit 1916-Ds out there. True story: I bought a big collection a few years back, and there was a "1916-D" dime, low-grade circ, in one of those square Capital plastic holders with the clear plastic screws in the corners. I took a look at it and it didn't look right, meaning the mintmark wasn't in the right position (there are four known mintmark positions, and if you don't know them from memory you don't have any business buying raw 1916-D dimes). Anyway, given the size of the collection I made a rather minimal offer for the dime and included it in the total. Afterward, when I had bought everything and had more time to inspect it, I opened the plastic holder. Two dimes fall out -- a 1916-P facing up for the obverse, and a 1917-D in back for the reverse. Best Regards,  George |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You can always cut 2x2's down to 1.5x1.5's if you wish.
I have done that, but only rarely.
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Moderator
 United States
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Good luck. We're all counting on you.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Glad I am not the only Mercury dimes addict around.  Shale, I suggest using only 2 staples vs 4 on those flap, once they are in the acetate page, they wouldn't move and is secure even when you take it out, save time and material. Edited by macmercury
01/11/2015 3:15 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
245 Posts |
Update: Still loading the dime tubes up to make it easier to manage. Only managed to make progress on another 110 dimes stapled and loaded into albums.  You really get a perspective for slicks when you load 60 dimes into one tube, and then cant jam in any more than 54 into another :) Edited by Shale
01/16/2015 10:44 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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With very worn smaller coins, it is possible to loose up to 25% of the weight on an individual coin.
I agree that the best graded coins are better off in flips in album pages, rather than Danscos. The collection does not present present itself as nicely but in my opinion, the storage conditions are better. You can also write information relating to each coin on the flip, for history purposes.
If you put all very worn coins into the same storage tube, more coins will be needed to fill it. Put a small self stick label on the outside of the tube that indicates the number of coins in it. If you wish to completely fill each tube, separate poorer grade and better grade coins to their tubes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow!
You're doing good, nearing that 10K mark.
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