I was watching a CSI episode involving a coin dealer with whom Greg Sanders traded a 1909-S VDB for a 1916-D dime. The dealer said, "If you want this trade, it's yours." Would you have accepted?
every day of the week and twice on Sundays! The SVDB in MS 60 is a $1000 coin and the 16D in VG 8 is a $1000 coin, this is a function of how utterly common the SVDB is and even though the 16D is not even scarce (let alone rare) is is much less common (especially in high grade) than the SVDB.
Depends on the grades... and if slabbed, who slabbed them... I assume that wasn't in the script. I am not a CSI watcher, but I am surprised that this level of detail would make it into any television script.
No---the reason---more people want the S VDB---while it is easier to find an S VDB than a 16-D I bet that you will find 5x+ more people wanting a S VDB in any grade. Speedy
I would have taken the 1916-D because I need it first. My lincoln collection is just found pocket change but my Merc collection is a work in progress.
I definately would have every day of the week and THREE times on Sundays. 16-D has half the mintage and trades much higher (value-wise) :hammer:
I saw that episode the other day, the S - V.D.B. shown looked to be in quite good condition, however I never saw the 1916 D dime. Personally I would take the dime.
however... I remember earlier in the show when Grissom was asking Greg if he was a numismatist, Greg said that his Father or Grandfather had 'started him out' with an 1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln cent. So if it had been me, and the coin had been bestowed upon me by my Father or Grandfather, the trade would have been out of the question, no matter how nice the 1916-D dime was.
