Sharpblue

oops I didn't see the magnified s before. I'm afraid this is not a trumpet tail altho the lower serif does appear a little large. Do the size comparison with a regular S. Just to brag I've got a PCGS certified MS66 FSB Trumpet tail that was certified by Coneca about 2 years ago. May be the finest known!

acl864

Sharpblue how bout some pics of your Trumpet tail dime. You've got my curiosity up.

Andy

Sharpblue

I'm not set up for photo's right now. If you're really interested, volume 2 of the forth edition of "The Cherry Picker's Guide" by Fivas/Stanton has come out after a long wait. It covers Mercs and has fantastic pics. Between volumes 1 & 2 you can research any U.S. coin variety. You can get them on Amazon. PCGS and NGC will now certify and slab varieties by FS (Fivas/Stanton) numbers from these books. Also great if you're thinking about Ebay shopping for something like a 42/41. There is no substitute for knowing what they really look like.
Just for fun, a friend and I bought most of the 43-s's on Ebay for about a year. He bought 2 that had great RED toning, obviously from the same roll. Both were Trumpet Tails. We couldn't run down the rest of the roll so they are still out there.

Victor

Well since the OP I have been doing some research on the 1941 and 1943 trumpet tail dimes. And here is what I have so far:
In the 1941 dime, the trumpet tail S variety is only found on the large S. And on the 1943 it is just the opposite with the trumpet tail found only on the small S variety. If someone thinks this info is not correct please speak up. Thanks and happy hunting.

Treashunt

Sharpblue:
Welcome to the forum, and nice comments.

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kerikow

PCGS gave me MS65 and MS67 on the two red toned dimes. I still have no clue on their value though

Art

Thanks for the posts. I've got 1/2 roll of 43-s dimes around somewhere. Time for some "cherry-picking".