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I have a Mercury dime here dated 1916-D Can I please get some insight on this coin? I bought it from a reputable dealer and he says that its 100 % real. It weighs spot on 2.5 grams and it has mint luster, there are no tool marks on the coin at all but the coin has a slight raised edge on the reverse and the date is not as sharp as some. It appears to have a slight error possibly?   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Those pictures are way to small to see anything.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 I can't even distinguish the date on those. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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 to CCF. We will need larger photos,properly rotated before posting to give you any help. Also,tell us what the error might be please. John1  |
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@cm1960, first welcome to CCF. Second, this is the sort of coin that I would only buy slabbed, but hopefully you are fine as it sounds like your seller is trustworthy. I agree that these pics aren't able to tell us much. When I rotate, crop, enlarge, and enhance, the result is too pixelated to see enough detail to answer your questions.  "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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I also wouldn't handle a valuable coin with my bare hands, as shown in your images.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Much larger, sharper pics needed. to the CCF! |
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Valued Member
United States
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The pictures look the surface to be all bumpy - like a crudely cast coin. But that could just be the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
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There's a learning curve here with uploading pictures. I guess we have to give the OP some time to get his feet wet and practice with the forum tools.
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Valued Member
United States
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Given what can be seen from the pictures we got appears to be a high grade key date mercury that would if authentic would be worth thousands and thousands of dollars I am hopeful but not too optimistic with this one. If it had been one of the old timers posting such a coin I would be more inclined to believe even on bad pictures. Really hopeful it is real an we get some pictures soon worth drooling over. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Actually you really need to take closer and better photos. Do not handle a possible valuable coin like that with your bare hands. And if it is a D mint, it is not clear. That coin could be a Phily but just not clear enough to tell. Even if not a D, in that condition, still worth a lot. But if really a D, then you have something worth thousands of dollars. What did you pay for that? |
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Pillar of the Community
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.... to the Community! What did you pay for it? Answering that one question can tell us a lot.  Edited by westernsky
12/20/2019 11:33 am
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Clockman , your coin seems to have some rim damage on reverse between 7 and 10:00 but your photos are much to small to positively identify . |
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Pillar of the Community
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I can't offer any statement not without the right images to remotely identify if this is a 16 D dime.
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Pillar of the Community
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Some follow up comments.
Your coin appears to be too nice to NOT have been slabbed already by the dealer. At first glance, even through the crappy photos, it appears to be at least in extra fine to almost uncirculated condition. If so, and if it's a real 16-D dime, it would be worth multiple thousands of dollars.
Why would a dealer sell you a coin like this unslabbed? Dealers do not like leaving money on the table.
My guess is there are significant problems with this coin. It may be damaged, altered or just an outright counterfeit. I also suspect that the dealer knows that the coin has problems that would prevent it from slabbing. That's why he was quick to unload it as is.
Until you post better pictures I don't see how we can help you.
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Posted 12/20/2019 12:28 am
