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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
I have been looking through some dealer price guides for MS Mercury dimes from the 40's with FSB's and have noticed many low prices on most mints . I believe these Dimes are sleepers especially for long term holdings . Anyone else think they are sleepers ? I'm talking MS-63,64 and 65's. Nothing too crazy . 
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Valued Member
United States
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Maybe but I doubt it. The mintage for the later years are between 41 and 241 million. The earlier dates are with some exception are mostly below 30 million. Which means there are a lot less of them out there.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think they're pretty much where they should be. The common dates there are tons of them all over the place in lower MS grades.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I loved putting my own set together as it is such a great series. But there are gazillions of them. There are fewer collectors than there are MS FSB remaining from those later years.
You would have to buy tens of thousands of a single date/mm to move the needle on them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The LCS I go to has 3 boxes of MHD and several bags of "junk" MHD. I looked through the junk and maybe 90% could go into a 2 by 2 but with 3 boxes why add more. He has 6 1916D and these are the unslabbed ones. I think that MHD have more to fall then they have an upside.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So what is a MHD? As to prices of almost any Mercury dime, it is really a lot of just popularity. There are so many high grade Mercury dimes available, the prices of those just don't jump way up there. A coin magazine called the Coin & Currency Market Review has listed a separate section of Mercury dimes with FSB. Those values are way more excessive than for a coin in just a high graded MS. And then too there are those like the 1945 with FSB that are just not available.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
 United States
18456 Posts |
I understand that there are multi millions of the Mercs that I am talking about ( Later date MS FSB ) ,but because of this they are very inexpensive . I'm thinking a perfect hand me down for the Grandkids especially if they take to the hobby . As some of us old timers used to say: Salt them away for future generations . 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Quote: MHD = mercury head dime Actually it is a WLH or Winged Liberty Head Dime 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7273 Posts |
I'll keep MHD, but thanks for the clarification.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1613 Posts |
I would agree somewhat. At the least they've leveled off and have been holding steady for some time. What I had noticed, at least in the Pittsburgh area, is an increased awareness from some younger collectors I recently saw flipping through folders of them at a coin show last month. So perhaps they are about to awake from a slumber.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1940 - 44 FSB high mint state are definitely not cheap compare to grades MS-66 and below. This depends on what the collector preferred. Good luck on finding fair price with 1945-P FSB. It's affordable in MS-67 non-FSB from those years for non die-hard Mercury dimes collectors.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
Even though millions and millions were produced, you gotta wonder how many would grade MS-FSB and are still available today? They are, in my opinion, the most beautiful coin ever made! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote: Even though millions and millions were produced, you gotta wonder how many would grade MS-FSB and are still available today? Not a lot that's for sure. I'm now working on set #2 of those FSB Dimes. Set #1 is now complete with all FSB coins. Some are a bit on the not best side but as close as possible.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
18456 Posts |
So do you agree a common Merc in the 40's in MS-64 FSB is a virtual $25 coin or less is a sleeper for the long term ?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
True fully split bands are sleepers now AND sleepers for the future. Not surprisingly, most of the sellers on ebay haven't a clue what a FSB looks like.
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