1916 Mercury-D Dime, Is It Real?

I cannot tell if it is real? Someone told me it wasn't, but I don't know.

 

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Pictures taken straight on will get better responses.
I know nothing about these, but I'll offer my opinion anyway. From the pictures you've posted, it looks like a cast fake to me.
How much does it weigh? If real, it will weigh 2.5 grams.

 

Not a Merc expert here, but that thing just doesn't look right.

 

Compare it to a known real one here:
http://www.ngccoin.com/NGCCoinExplorer/CoinDetail.aspx?CoinID=14906

 

Shows the famous "grainy fields" of a bad fake, and the rim is a mess.

Where did it come from?

 

No.

 

Not an expert on the series but it certainly looks fake to me.

 

You got that right, definitely fake!

 

I would weigh it. The images make it look like a fake.

 

No.