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daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 08/22/2010 4:00 pm Quote: If you say that the second image is not 42/41, you say : there are one possibility for the first to be 42/41.It's the same money mister.I am not a liar. First off to the community Second I never said the top picture was a 42/1 dime. third I never said you were a liar. Take a chill pill. you wanted to show us pictures of your MS 42/1 dime and I looked at them and said I did not think the second one was a 42/1 dime. The first picture you posted looks more like a 42/1 Denver than a 42/1 Philadelphia minted coin. and the reverse of the coin has no d mintmark Here is a picture of a 42/1 dime Graded MS-63 Report this Post to the Staff
afclassic87 Pillar of the Community United States 564 Posts	Posted 08/22/2010 5:10 pm Davis I agree with you. The first picture is a 2 over 1 but the large 2nd picture is not. I am 100% sure they are not the same coin. If you enlarge the 2nd picture it does not show the 1 or the ding marks as pictured in the first one. Maybe the wrong picture was uploaded. I'm sure this response will upset the original author. This is my opinion and by posting on a forum that's what you are looking to get. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5833 Posts	Posted 08/22/2010 11:06 pm Patrick, If you do believe that your 42/41 is authentic than you would want to submit it to PCGS or NGC for a proper grade and certification, as one in MS grade are in thousands of dollars, doing so would guaranteed it is real and for better sell down the road, but I agree with other here that the chance is nil. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/23/2010 09:13 am The two pictures are of the same coin. It is hard to see but there is the same nick in the field above and right of the 9 in both pictures. Unfortunately the grade don't matter, it is not real. If you look at the picture of the real one that daviscfad posted you will notice that the underneath 1 is slightly past the leftmost edge of the 2 and it has a prominent upper serif. The original post coins has the left edge of the 2 noticeably left of the left edge of the 1 and there is no upper serif. Edited by Conder101 08/23/2010 09:15 am Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 08/23/2010 11:10 am It appears to me that the first coin posted is a 1942 over 1 Denver mint Mercury dime. The Philadelphia mint has a much more pronounced offset 1 versus 2 than the Denver overdate of the same year, according to this guide: http://grading-guide.com/variety_mercury.html Of course that doesn't account for the lack of D mint mark on the reverse. Or that I don't see much of the same overdate in the second picture... Edited by Moe145 08/23/2010 11:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
Dcreek1968 Valued Member United States 314 Posts	Posted 08/23/2010 11:20 am First picture carries some of the characteristics of the 42/41, but the date appears way to flat for me. Thus it loses some of the definition of an original 42/41. The 1 is much to flat behind the 2 which also appears way to flat. It looks like a possible counterfeit IMO. Are the chinese selling their stuff in France now too? AS for the second coin, a nice coin, but I'm going to say AU58. There appears to be wear on the uppermost horizontal band across the fasces along with some wear on the obverse above the ear. It does not appear to be overdate and definitely not the same coin as in the other picture of the date only obverse. Report this Post to the Staff
johnny54321 Rest in Peace United States 4849 Posts	Posted 08/27/2010 6:32 pm The coin looks like a fake, or an altered date attempt to me. I may be wrong though. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 09/07/2010 07:42 am not the overdate, for a Philly coin. period. Report this Post to the Staff
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