Mercury Dime Toners - what a steal

Don't you love when you get an awesome coin deal once in a great while?
I was checking out some ebay auctions last week and came across a lot of 11 Mercury dimes. They were listed in the wrong category and none of the dates were even listed in the description. I could tell they were very nicely album toned, even with the poor seller images.

They arrived today, and yeah...I am very happy.

Did I mention I paid just above melt for them? $37 for all 11. Woot!

Sellers images:



My images:

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Wow, great looking Mercs!! I'd say you are a bit dipped!! :yes:


42D Look FSB?

 

Yes, I believe it is FSB, not uncommon for that year, but still a beauty.

 

nice looking mercs. that's one coin that i don't have a toner of.

 

The toning on that 42-D is just drop dead gorgeous! Really great deal!

 

Was that eBay? I have a sneaky suspicion I was watching the exact same auction

 

Another great snag! Well done! Those are some nice Mercs.

 

Really nice. Great job catching the color in the images.

 

Wow, makes me want to check ebay

 

Well, there's not always a happy ending. Merc Crazy didn't do near as well with his "gamble" on these war nickels (and you have to read deep into the thread to find out why):

http://www.cointalk.com/t206849/

 

Don't you dare!

 

Nah, don't bother, nothing to see there.

gbroke, I went in on a small lot of Mercs a while back (something like 24 for $80), because the photos were unclear but it looked like there were some goodies. I have a feeling that they may have started out similar to those you listed -- but somebody decided to "fix them up" so that they would be shiny and nice again. Not all were cleaned, and I still think I came out ahead on the deal, but it really hurts to see a nice specimen, put it under a spotlight, and watch the hairlines start twinkling.

Congrats on your score, though! Especially love that 1916...

 

Oh man, yeah that is brutal. I will never forget when I purchased the following nickel from ebay a couple years ago... I messaged the seller after I received it just to say how happy I was, and how nice the nickel was.
He replied something along the lines of:
"I am glad you like it, I was going to clean it to get all that tarnish off of it."
So I was happy to save a toner. lol

 

Great find. :thumb: Those are definitely easy on the eyes.

 

$37?
Nice snag.

On a side note, your pictures are very impressive Greg.

 

OMG, a T$ sighting! Wazzup Travis?

 

It's spring. That's mating season for the elusive T$.

 

Yep... after posting 25 times a day for the first year, T$ now makes his semi-annual appearance, lol.

 

Made Ruben look like a rank amateur! He is like a thoroughbred put out to stud.