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Message:: [QUOTE="Kimster, post: 1179257, member: 29093"]I am a metal detector hobbiest. I know a little about the coins that I find, but that does not go very far. The members of the Coin Talk Forum have been a valuable and much appreciated resource for me.  Most recently I found a 1926S Mercury Dime. Zach24 was kind enough to point out that the "W" I found above and to the right of the date was the artist who designed the coin (Adolph A. Weinman). I thought this lettering was the mint mark.  Once I found the actual mint mark, "S", I was able to identify my coin from the red book. Of course I saw that it was a limited minting with only 1.5 million coins produced. JeffB confirmed this by telling me that this coin was a semi-key date. Zach24 added that: "That could be a Choice-Fine at about 15, but it was obviously polished or cleaned.....It could still be worth in the $25-$35 range though." The coin is as I found it, but may well have been cleaned and/or polished by the previous owner. It was rather shallow at 1 to 2 inches which makes me suspect that it was a somewhat recent drop. I'd like to receive additional comments and possible speculation about the coin's worth. Thank you Zach24 and JeffB. Any additional comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, everyone. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH]123136.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]123137.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]