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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 630698, member: 8012&quot;]Just saw this on e-bay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting.&nbsp; The seller says a genuine 1916-D mercury that has 2 holes in it and some collateral damage.&nbsp; But the date and mint mark are clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I post this, it&#039;s at just a bit over $50 with 5 hours left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, if it&#039;s genuine, I think it&#039;s a STEAL at $50, but of course, it&#039;ll go up way big time by the end of the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we ASSUME that it is REAL, what would be a fair price for such a coin?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And please, if all you have to say is &quot;yech&quot; or &quot;I would never buy such a coin&quot;, that&#039;s not really what I&#039;m looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of buyers out there for such coins.&nbsp; For those people who have to fill holes in their albums, there are some who would prefer a damaged REAL key date rather than a replica or substituting another date in that slot.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=280362492682&amp;ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2773.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D%2B280362492682%2509%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&amp;_rdc=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=280362492682&amp;ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp2773.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D%2B280362492682%2509%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&amp;_rdc=1" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=280362492682&amp;ru=http://shop.ebay.com:80/?_from=R40&amp;_trksid=p2773.m38.l1313&amp;_nkw=+280362492682%09&amp;_sacat=See-All-Categories&amp;_fvi=1&amp;_rdc=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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