!942-S Mercury Dime Doubled Die?

Yes, they can charge a lot, but only if you are willing to pay the price.
Regardless of wht they are charging, resist the temptation and go with what you know to be right.
Strike doubling is common.
I have a 1921 Merc with a 'doubled date' slabbed by ANACS (no notation of the doubling) because it is strike doubling. If I could get extra for the doubling, I would feel bad about cheating someone, that is, until I deposit the check and it clears.
Let the buyer beware.

 

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Bill, Condor101 and Just Carl,

I believed the attempt on my part was to make a valid point, but from the nature of your kind and well-written responses, I confess it was an unfortunate presumption that initiated it. However, I’m happy about the net result – as I think my level of cynicism has dropped off a bit – and I wish to apologize most vehemently. It is a foolish thing to use deception in the realm of disagreement, or worse to expose what a person believes to be less than honest (as I now realize).

I didn’t believe there would be any responses – especially like the last three – and please accept my gratitude. I hope to receive your kind advice or opinions in the future (I’ll try to provide better images and use my own coins in a direct manner).

Part of what caused my initial pessimism has to do with a large Lincoln Cent collection recently placed in my trust. A friend’s father gave him approximately 650 Lbs.of pennies ranging from 1909 to 2002. From what I understand, these coins had literally been “tossed into buckets” by his father, who was obsessed more with gathering Lincoln Cents than collecting them. I’ve only checked about 20% of these, and ‘am still involved in that process for my friend. There are still many buckets to go (that’s how I received them). It was after this that I started looking at my own collection again.

His father died recently, and he recalls his father keeping every cent he obtained as long ago as the early 1950’s. These coins have been untouched for so long that at times when nearing the bottom of a bucket I find them literally cemented in, and in need of light cleaning for recognition and detachment. It had been some time since my collecting days, and this whole project is turning out to be frustrating at times. I turned to this site as a hopeful source for advice, as the neighboring coin dealers are not to be trusted – in my humble opinion. Finding mint state coins in the mix, and all sorts of strange alterations reinforced my doubts about accurate assessments. This whole thing is a great test, because of the random qualities in it (you have the presence of a collection, with limited premise of the collector, and this is fascinating to me).

I’m going to start submitting a few finds, and some of them are quite startling (I’ve checked Coneca, etc.). I would appreciate any advice!!!

Thanks, A.J.