Is this considered FB? Mercury Dime

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by jwitten, Jun 4, 2016.

  1. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I mainly collect gold, so really know nothing of these. I thought this one looked pretty nice though, and got it at a good price. It is a common date. Is this considered FB? Do you think it is MS? Does not appear cleaned to me. Thanks!
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  3. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Appears so to me. Also appears mint state........
     
  4. chromerunner

    chromerunner ******

    Looks FB. Nice coin. How about a obverse shot
     
  5. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    Looks like a terrific strike to me, easily FB and almost certainly Mint State. It ain't a 1945, is it? :)
     
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  6. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    Nice. Believe it qualifies.
     
  7. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Dead on shot would do us better........:)
     
  8. TJ1952

    TJ1952 Well-Known Member

    Looks like a winner!
     
  9. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    I'd say yes even with the angled shot . What year is she ?
     
  10. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    Looks FB and MS to me.
     
  11. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I'll try to get an obverse pic here in a bit.
     
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  12. Cascade

    Cascade CAC Grader, Founding Member

    Put that baby side by side with the gold bullion crap-sandwich and tell me the mint didn't make a HUGE mistake. Curious if the SLQ will stall due to the mass dissapointment stemming from the merc
     
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  13. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Confession time. It is not a common date like I said. It is actually a pretty rare year.
     
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  14. Travlntiques

    Travlntiques Well-Known Member

    I already know it won't fit in my album ;-) The reading seems to flare up on that date.

    Great piece, congrats!
     
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  16. NSP

    NSP Well-Known Member

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  17. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I was wanting to see how many people caught on that it was a Daniel Carr @dcarr piece. I do not collect Mercury coins, so did not know how good of a restrike it was. Seems like it is pretty good... better than the new gold at least ;) And this was a "bulk handled" one. Since I bought one of each date, I didn't want to pony up the extra cash for the highest grades.
     
  18. Cascade

    Cascade CAC Grader, Founding Member

    Ha! I've been telling everyone to save their $$ on the gold and go with @dcarr's bevy of beauties. Better ROI, better craftsmanship, an actual work of art as opposed to a pos moneygrab and I just unknowingly compared his work to the gold merc. Gotta love it. You had us all fooled J!

    Now, I can't wait for dan to overstrike the golds. Hope he used family to grab 50+ or so
     
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  19. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I really hope he does some gold as well, I would be a buyer
     
  20. Cascade

    Cascade CAC Grader, Founding Member

    You bought all 3 of each date set or just 1 coin from each date set?

    I got the 1922 set. Wanted to get the 1915 set but the funds weren't there plus I got 2 owls. Had to get the owls, it was a MUST of coarse. I was thinking the 22 would turn out to be the most popular in the future.
     
  21. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I bought each coin in every date in the lower grade, plus some owls. I stupidly sold one for $200 to someone on another forum, and now see them advertised for over $300, haha.
     
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