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philney Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 01:25 am I bought these items at auction tonight and I am wondering how I did. It seemed great at the time, but I am starting to second guess myself. 1847 Large Cent (nice details) 14.00 1921 Mercury dime (good-4?) 30.00 1917 T1 Standing Liberty quarter (EF) 31.00 These are the only three I am questioning. Please let me know what you think. Edited by philney 01/19/2008 3:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff

littleboy Pillar of the Community United States 764 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 01:37 am 1847 cent: assuming there is little to no corrosion and its not a flat disc with a little detail, you did very well. 1921 dime: how did you manage that?! even if its an AG, thats a good value. 1917 quarter: double check the grade of this one. a lot of SL quarters are overgraded in the midrange grades because of a jump in value between vf and xf. you did well for this one either way. good job! Report this Post to the Staff
j_h_s Pillar of the Community United States 1934 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 05:21 am I think you did exceptionally well....extraordinarily exceptional, even. If you check the Red Book, numismedia.com and pcgs.com, you'll see. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
onejinx Pillar of the Community United States 1231 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 07:42 am Sounds like you did good, do you have any pics Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 09:33 am Phil, nice buys! Were these on line or a an estate auction, live? Jim Report this Post to the Staff
mikie New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 09:42 am I say that sounds pretty good. I do have a question about the g Mercury dime though. Can you read the 1 clearly on the front or no? I was at shriners yesterday and they have ag/g Mercury dimes for like 25-40 bucks depending but all of them at that grade you can hardly read the 1 in the date. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 12:07 pm 1921 Mercury dime for $30? Run back there and get as many as possible for that price. WOW! Nice. I go to coin shows all the time and the Mercury dimes are exceptionally high in prices and that 1921 is way up there lately. Again, nice deals. I edited this to say in reality you may have basically gotten the other two almost free considering what the 21 Merc would sell for. Edited by just carl 01/19/2008 12:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philney Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 3:18 pm I am posting the pics here. I can see the 1 on the merc, but only the top half. I am not sure how good the pics will look, but here they are. I bought these at our coin club meeting. There was a 1916D Merc there but the starting bid was 400 and I had already spent too much. I wish I had paid attention and I would have a 1916D instead of my fourth 1921. Image: KENS054.jpg 47.48 KB Image: KENS053.jpg 22.87 KB Image: KENS055.jpg 57.54 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 5:44 pm Can have a look see at the reverse of the Merc ? from the obverse the coin is an AG-3 having the rim,lettering, bust and date blended. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
philney Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 6:44 pm Here is the reverse of the 21 Merc. I checked the others and they all have the full 1, but this one only has about half showing. I knew I should have let it go. I just have so few keys and semi-keys that I jump on them when I get the chance. Image: KENS056.jpg 28.07 KB Report this Post to the Staff
JimR Pillar of the Community United States 1490 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 6:51 pm There's nothing wrong with that Philney because you can always upgrade later. As for the 1921 Merc it is AG-3 with the reverse possibly a fair 2 given that One and United are all but gone. I think it would probably grade out at AG-3. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 7:05 pm philney Check that coin real good for a D mint mark ,, with that much rim gone its possible only a very small amount of the MM would be visable ,, if it is the D it would substantially improve the value even for an AG-3 example. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
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