I went to a coin show last year with my 5 year old son and a deal was impressed to see a young kid there. He opened up a treasure box with a bunch of loose wheat pennies, buffalo nickels, a barber dime and some Mercs. He told us to pick 4. I had my son pick the silver of course. The Barber dime was a well worn, damaged 1898 P and the Merc was a 1916 with a pretty much slick back. About 6 months later I decided to inspect the Merc a little closer. When I hold the reverse in a little dimmer light and not a direct bright light, it looks like a possible D on the back. It's in the right shape and location. I took it to a dealer and he.put it under a microscope with bright light and he said he didn't see it. I told him how to look at it with just the light from the window, but he wouldn't. What are your thoughts? That dealer said I could possibly submit it to TPG for certification ( not grading since its damaged) and see what they say. Your thoughts???
Unfortunally, it looks pretty beat up. There is ways where you can chemically recover the date and mintmark, which as a super high mintage 1916 isnt worth much it looks if it Is a 1916 d although it is recovered, it might be worth a pretty penny.
I thought that the nickel was the only coin that the date could be recoved. Never heard of it on a silver coin.
I took this coin around at a show recently and let different dealers offer their opinion. I got one that said it was an S, another a D, another saying there is nothing, and a few who couldn't make any determination. ANACS was at the show and wish I had more coins to submit for their $125 special and I would have let them have it to try to authenticate or not. Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk
