Wartime Dime Time!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by ksparrow, Mar 28, 2010.

  1. dimeguy

    dimeguy Dime Enthusiast

    Sigh...I so want to participate in this but I don't have a digital camera (sold my old one for textbook cash). I have so many nice Mercs but oh well, I'll just have to enjoy other's pics. I am however a traditionalist and love the bright sheen and luster of the silver with no tone, but to each his own.
     
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  3. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    Consider getting some plastic polish.
    Less expensive than getting a coin reholdered.
    I personally use the 3-part Novus.
     
  4. Dimefreak

    Dimefreak Senior Member

    does that mean your avatar is for sale:goofer:

    that thing catches my eye everytime your in a thread
     
  5. dimeguy

    dimeguy Dime Enthusiast

    LOL...I wish I owned it! I bummed the pic off dealer's web site.
     
  6. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Thanks for posting some more nice WWII era dimes, folks. Here's another one of my recent raw purchases:

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  7. Dimefreak

    Dimefreak Senior Member

    that bad boy has some eye appeal :high5:
     
  8. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    Those are some nice dimes so I thought I'd make a contribution. Here is a 1944 D/D dime that a picked up a while back, it has some lovely peripheral toning to it.

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  9. dimeguy

    dimeguy Dime Enthusiast

    Dang, ksparrow! That Liberty sure did have a mighty fine hair dresser! Just look at the detail of those locks...
     
  10. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    I'll use this one to bump for the Sat nite krewe:

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  11. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Nice coins - all of them.
     
  12. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Until I was approached by someone with some nicely toned Mercs for sale, I honestly had no idea they even existed! (seriously!) I was quite content with my white set. Knowing the possibilities that exist was a real eye opener. (My overdates, however, are circulated battleship gray... still in keeping with the WWII theme!)
     
  13. Duke Kavanaugh

    Duke Kavanaugh The Big Coin Hunter

    I have that same set...all blast white.
    But that first coin in this thread is so nice...
    The others are nice to but I just love that first one!!
     
  14. Dimefreak

    Dimefreak Senior Member

    Try to revive this thread but i cant get a get picture through the holder……..
    1945 S PCGS MS 66 NO FSB
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  15. Tom B

    Tom B TomB Everywhere Else

    Your 1944-S is spectacular, but appears to be in a rattler and not an OGH as I think you may have stated within the thread. Unless, of course, your use of OGH includes the rattler generation of holder.

    This will be my first attempt to embed an image on CT, so let's see if it works-
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  16. Dimefreak

    Dimefreak Senior Member

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  17. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Tom, that's a superb dime! Beautiful color gradation and on both sides, too.

    Dimefreak-- I hope you can get a better photo of your dime, because it looks like a winner.

    (( I may be a bit loose in my use of the OGH term-- I guess if it has a green label I think it's "Old." ))
     
  18. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

  19. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    Outstanding Tom! MS68FB IIRC. This is one of the top ten toned Mercury Dimes I have ever seen. I visit Ivy League Coin every once in a while just to look at it.

    Paul
     
  20. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    WOW! I don't think we have seen that before. My guess is MS67 FB with incredible luster and no shortage of eye appeal. A wonderful Mercury Dime type coin!
     
  21. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Thanks, Paul, the dealer who sold me this one and several of the others I've already posted, sold some from the same group to another collector who sent them in to PCGS- they all came back 66 or 67-- as you can see this one is still in the 2x2!
     
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