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United States
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Wow.....I was happy to get my 16d in good
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had an AG 16-D once...nothing like this beauty!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Found this 1916-D Mercury in a PCGS MS62FB slab offered for about $15K. I think the AU58FB looks better, and I would rather own that one, even though this one has a higher technical grade.   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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United States
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This one is PCGS MS66FB and offered for $77.5K. It is probably nicer but 8x nicer? Probably not.   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
01/21/2017 5:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The OP's coin is absolutely beautiful! I need that for my XF-AU set!
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United States
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Wow, simply gorgeous. That's one that's definitely on my coin bucket list!!  |
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Nice to have friends like that. Very nice coin. It's amazing how eye appeal can make a coin more desirable. I too would take the AU Merc that belongs to the OPs friend over the MS examples pictured. Toned coins are not my preference.
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful coin. Does your friend have room in his life for more friends? I'd like to borrow that coin on weekends.  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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WOW!  @dual-brain to answer your question, do a google search for coin clubs near where you live. Hope you find one. I recently joined one and enjoy the monthly meetings. |
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United States
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Some really nice looking coins. I always find it amazing how many 1916D Mercury dimes are out there in that shape. A little disapointed about the clearness of the middle bands on almost all of these. I still like mine too.  Of course there is always the 1915 Mercury dime.   Notice the clarity of those bands. |
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Great looking dimes shown here..  And..the only one I'm missing for my set..  Edited by SHAFTA9a
01/23/2017 06:16 am
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