NGC 1916-D Merc Dime, Guarenteed Low Population!

Why is it better? All right, a little philosophy here. It is not good, it is not bad. It depends on your situation. If you're a BUYER looking to BUY a 1916D Mercury -like me- and you see a coin that is in Fine-12 condition, but the slab says it's in Very Good-8, and if you can get it at a Very Good-8 price (which you had better if it says that on the slab), AH, your getting a DEAL, which is GOOD! But, at the same time, say you already OWN a raw 1916D Mercury dime in Fine-12, which you bought at a Fine-12 price. Say you send it in to NGC, and it comes back graded as Very Good-8. You wouldn't be able to sell it for as much as a Fine-12 graded Fine-12, and to you it would be BAD! So it all depends on your perspective. In my perspective, if I can get a Fine-12 coin that has been graded Very Good-8 at a Very Good-8 price, I would buy it, crack it from its slab and send it to PCGS, where they would overgrade it! Then should I want to sell it, I would be able to sell it for a much higher price than what I bought it for! (knowing PCGS, they call a true Very good a Fine, and a Fine a Very Fine) So it depends on your perspective, that's my opinion. - coincrazed

Of course, in another way, buying the low-grade 1916-D is like buying
a 1970's Silver Shadow sedan for $12,000 just so that you can say
"I have a Rolls-Royce".