How Did I Do With This Purchase?

They're still out there -- I paid $175 for mine in an old Whitman Deluxe, it was complete minus the 16D, and as an added bonus, the 21 and 21D both graded G-VG and almost all of the others were between F-AU, some with some very nice album toning. I have since relocated it to a Dansco & replaced some of the lower grades with others that were in my collection.

One thing that helped was being able to look @ seller's feedback and it was clear right away they did not usually sell coins so I had more trust in their claim that it was an inheritance item, especially with some of their other listings.

Here's the Dansco: front & back of both pages. The 1921 and 21D in here are the ones from the $175 album.

I bought a set of Mercury dime minus the 16-d and I bought a set of Washington quarters minus the 32-d 32-S. I have those coins. I see sets of Peace dollars, Mercury dimes, Washington quarters and Roosevelt silver dimes. The Roosevelt dimes I saw were overpriced on ebay. Next time I go to LCS if they have decent sets of these coins I may buy them, but I see few sets selling in AU-MS condition so you takes your chances. I do think buying sets of Mercury dimes and Washington quarters is a deal if they are mostly complete and mostly in at least fine condition depending on the price. I think younger collectors should be buying these coins whenever than can. In 20-30 years these coins will be like coins of 19th and even 18th century.

The results are in!

*drum roll*





Not the best condition but I'll take it
Wonder if there was an S there at some point

Tell me what you think

It's 'details,' but it's still a 1921, so I'd say you did well.

I'm having problems taking pictures of small areas without a loupe. I believe that it is a 1.
And yes, I meant D.

Just think how long it would take you to put together a set of Mercury dimes or Silver Washington quarters. I bought a set of silver Roosevelt dimes. Then I went and bought the rest of the set through 2003 just because they were so cheap. It must have taken the collector a long time to find all those Roosevelt dimes even if they have little value. I am running out of 20th century coins to collect except Wheat pennies. I think I will try my hand a collecting Wheat pennies and completing my set of Morgans. I would love to collect gold coins but I think they are just too expensive due to the gold content.

That looks better.