Mercury Dime Starter Set

Congrats on the purchase. You probably did ok.

I would like to mention a couple of things though - especially for others who are looking to buy "sets".

Besides cleaning and obvious gouges, the most over-looked damage are rim nicks or bruises. No TPG will grade them and I notice that some of the coins in the original ad are listed as F-12 and above. However, with Rim damager, they could just as well be AG-3.

For example, when I look at the 1926-S, my eye is immediately drawn to the 12 o'clock position. Looks like some rim damage. But that could also be the picture.

Once again - no disrespect intended. Just observing!

i bought Mercury dimes here for 10 cents each face value I actually traded 40% silver halfs for 5 dimes to a nice person who helped me start off my collection

OH, NO not another Dansco person. I'm a Whitman Album person so that is why I say that. With all the Albums out there I guess in reality those two are the most popular and the best ones for the prices. I just think the Blue color of a Whitman makes Silver coins stand out better. Of course many like the sort of real book appearance of a Dansco too.
Should be nice now for you to see both the obverse and reverses of each coin. And with that if you should have the average Mercury dimes, you may well find the reverses are rotated a little more than other coins. Usually to the left if you look at the top. I've found as a rule about 20 to 25% of all my Mercuy Dimes have that rotated reverse. Irritates me when you spend a lot of time lining up the obverse and turn the page to see the reverses all over the place.

Update-I have recently added the following: 1940 FSB 66, 1940S FSB 66, 1934 FSB 66, 1938 ms63, 1939 ms67, 1944D ms65, and 1945S ms63. Still got a way to go but making progress. Got a local coin dealer looking for a 16D, 21 and 21D; I will have to pay these off over time.