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Valued Member
United States
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Hey guys! I bought this little set of Mercury dimes. They're in decent shape and might grade well! Should I crack it open and get some grades coming from you or should I leave it be? Vote away!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
745 Posts |
I would leave them in the holder. They are all circulated and look to have been cleaned. Only worth silver melt.
Tim Hughes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2203 Posts |
You won't find anything valuable in there, and you should be able to grade them in the case.
I would leave them intact as the curiosity that they are now--the case is fun and tells a story. Once you break open the case, you're left with some broken plastic and five ordinary dimes.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
There is one really nice one in the set , the 1926-P . The others are decent . I would keep it the way it is .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
I'd keep them in the holder. Really, not much value in or out of the holder. All are cleaned and/or heavily worn.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
 . Coins are marginal. The case adds a bit of spice. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
It's a fun thing, but as a whole or broken up, it's just not worth much either way.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
yes, these are after market , highly publicized sets sold purely for profit, for the company that originally sold them.. they are worth a little more than melt, but most of the coins have been cleaned, wiped, or dipped; for eye appeal. they wanted the coins shiny to entice people to buy the sets..
They did the same thing, with half dollars, cents, nickels, etc...
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Moderator
 United States
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Vote away! I'd crack open that plastic tomb and slip these dimes into 2x2s. It saves space and these coins really don't have any specific attachment to one other. My Two Cents... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4692 Posts |
Actually one could interpret the wording on the plastic case as fraudulent -- "collectible condition" does not really apply to harshly cleaned common mercs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Let them stay unless you want to put them into an album.
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Bedrock of the Community
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but most of the coins have been cleaned, wiped, or dipped Dipped is fine not the same as the other two. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5826 Posts |
Save yourself from getting cuts from plastic.
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Bedrock of the Community
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for circulated coins? XF or lower not really looks weird. Some AU it can be okay on a case by case basis. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
How does that picture relate to those tired dimes.
I don't get it.
At least they're guaranteed.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
Edited by thq
08/14/2018 10:53 pm
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Posted 08/14/2018 8:21 pm
