Mercury Dime 1939-D NGC MS67* FB----What is it worth?

Beautiful coin , I'd say $495 . And I would pay that for that coin .
Rusty

 

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I can't believe what #3 sold for , either two super toning lovers or registry guys with deep pockets wanted that lovely coin . I could see $2000 .
Rusty

 

always hard to answer the what's it worth question without further qualification of the question... mainly, worth to me ?, or what I think it's worth on the open market.
I voted assuming the question was directed at me..
$225'ish, depending on blood alcohol content.
Colors are eye catching.
Toner enthusiasts could easily bid this up to moon money.
the extreme dark upper portion of the obverse is such that I believe the coin is on the border of being damaged from the toning.
Doesn't really appear to me that the obv or rev untoned fields pop with white luster.. appear somewhat grayish,, although the portrait appears to have nice luster.
Justed looked at it again,, make that $200 of worth to me.... now on the open market with a couple of gotta my toner fix bidders with enough disposable cash to flush $20 bills down the toilet and not blink.... probably could fetch 600-to 1k.... maybe more... depending on thier blood alcohol content ; )

 

My guess,,, a common date readily available in rolls... plentiful cheap white population for Dr.'s to play with.

 

Love that golden one.. but 14k+... nope.

 

You realize that your comment insinuates that every MS69 1939-D Mercury Dime is AT. A preposterous assertion IMO.

Put the glass down bully, are you missing the rainbow toning at the bottom of the coin. Read Heritage's description of the coin.

1939-D 10C MS 69 Full Bands PCGS. Easily the most impressive 1939-D dime that we have ever offered, and a simply extraordinary coin irrespective of date, the surfaces are temptingly close to numismatic perfection. The centers are brilliant, around which dappled swirls of intense electric-blue, crimson, and golden-orange patina have gathered. Thick frosty luster and expertly impressed devices round out this coin's list of positive attributes. To see this coin is to admire it.
From the William Dominick Collection.

My guess is that if you saw that coin in hand, you would need to sit down!

 

You and me must be drinkin' the same Hooch........

 

I hope it didn't read that way,, if it did, then let me rewind it abit. I'm not saying all are AT, and i'm not saying the one's posted are AT, I am saying that from what I've seen, those dates which present a large naturally toned population within a common date and where numerous examples of 'nice' white examples can be obtained at relatively low cost appear to produce more and more and more rainbow toning examples over time.... just doing the simple math here.

As to the golden example I've noted at 14k.... that's just too much. I love that coin, but would never depart with 14k for a common date coin in any grade... it's a beaut to extreme, but breaks a couple of my buying rules:
1 - never pay moon money for a common date conditional rarity
2 - never pay moon money within a "potential" bubbled market space

 

Baha,

What I think you are missing is that these coins are graded MS69. Essentially, they are PQ MS68 surface quality coins with exceptional eye appeal that were bumped up to MS69 due to the toning. A white MS68 FB Mercury Dime is still a high end coin ($750+) and not something that your typical coin doctor is going to choose to mess with. Here is a listing of all of the MS68 FB 1939-D Mercury Dimes auctioned by Heritage.

1939-D MS68 FB Mercury Dimes from Heritage Archives

Now let's look at the short list of MS69's.

1939-D MS69 FB Mercury Dimes from Heritage Archives

Do you see what they all have in common; PQ surfaces, fantastic rainbow toning, and exceptional eye apppeal that separates them from the MS68's. What your claiming is that a coin doctor found all of the high end MS68 1939-D's and went to work.

That assertion is just not realistic. If all of the high end coins (MS68+) were blast white and we found a few hundred fantastically toned MS65's which sell for about $40 untoned, then I could agree with you that they are the work of a coin doctor.

Regarding the $14K example, I respect your rules but disagree with them in this instance. When Heritage desribes a coin as "easily the most impressive they have seen" they mean it. That coin is from the William Dominick collection of Mercury Dimes. If you have never heard of his collection, let me tell you about it. He held the first great Mercury Dime PCGS registry set.

William Dominick Mercury Dime Registry Set (Retired)

His collection was retired in 1998 and was by far the top ranked collection. Only two collections have surpassed his in quality in the last 13 years, the Joshua collection and the Forsythe collection, and many of Dominick's coins reside in those collections. I remember when his collection was auctioned by Heritage and remember drooling over the coins.

William Dominick Mercury Dime Collection Heritage Archives

At that time in my numismatic journey, I had not yet discovered rainbow toned coins. I didn't get into toned coins until 2002. In 2001, my collection consisted of MS67 FB Mercury Dimes and the Dominick collection represented the pinnacle of quality for every single date/mm for the entire series. I actually bid on the coin in question and was blown out of the water. My bid was $6,500 IIRC. I promise you that at the time of that sale, that 1939-D was considered the finest Mercury Dime in existence. Collectors were not bidding moon money on a common date conditional rarity, they were bidding on the pinnacle of quality of the Mercury Dime series.

I would be willing to bet that if that same coin sold today, it would drive a very similar premium and would not be surprised if it exceed the $14K price tag of 2001.

 

Perhaps you should stick to you mantra and reserve judgement until you have seen them in hand?