My 90% Find Of The Month!!

I was at a coin show yesterday and I bought a small bag of 90% silver from a friend and vest pocket dealer. I got bored this afternoon and went through it. Low and behold the piece shown below.

I've called my friend and we are going to split the good fortune. This stuff is still out there floating around you just have to find it.

 

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nice cherrypicking!

 

What a great find And I'll bet your friend is happy too. Not hard to see why Lost Dutchman was voted Number 1.

 

Well you are in the running for the you lucky b****** of the month now

 

Your friend was lucky YOU found it. Most people would not have bothered to say a thing.

 

I can't tell you how many 1942 dimes I've looked at trying to find one of these.

Congrats.

 

what is special about this coin?

 

Because it looks like this one; http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=7705

 

A picture is worth 1000 words, Good Link

 

Wow, amazing find. Congrats!!!

 

That's a wonderful find.

 

I always check my 1942 mercury dimes when there is time. I have found several of these over the past couple of years. I think this makes wither 6 or 9... I dont have it written down anywhere... but this isn't the first. They are pretty easy to miss.

 

To learn a little more...

Greetings,
I saw this thread yesterday.
So I went home and me and the boy played scavenger hunt. We opened two of the dime rolls from the old stuff waiting to be put in the little squares. One roll was all FDR silver dimes. The second roll was FDR and Mercury silver dimes. From the roll we have: 3 "one dime" dimes and 24 Mercurys. From the Mercurys there are 5 with "D"s and one with "S". Maybe two with an "S". The "D"s are: 1 - 1941, 2 - 1943 and 2 - 1944. The "S" is a 1944. The other possible "S" is a 1944.

Is it the "D" on the reverse that makes this example so collectible? Or the nice condition of the dime?
Thanks.

 

What makes this piece collectible is that it is the 1942/1 D variety.

 

I'll need to search or go to the library to pick up a book. I am missing the subtlety of the pics.

 

Nice cherry pick Matt. We need to call you eagle eyes.

 

Look for the book "A Guide Book of United States Coins" by FS Yeoman. It's widely available on the internet and locally in book stores, at a modest cost. It's the best investment you can make. In my 2010 edition the pics at the top of page 154 show what Lost Dutchman found. Then look at the values. Only 1 caveat, the prices in this book are not gospel, only a general guideline.

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