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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2677782, member: 27832"]I bought a lot of Mercury dimes that were advertised as dug and cleaned, and got exactly what was promised (although there were more there than I thought -- it was quite a deal). To my surprise, though, a lot of them had XF or better details. I sure wish whoever dug them had known better.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this one near the end of the lot:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]597779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]597780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even scrubbed as it is, this one may be worth almost as much as the rest of the lot combined; it's certainly worth more than I paid for the lot. I may put it up on eBay with an ambitious BIN, enable offers, and see what happens. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-S-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-AU-Details-/332094717716" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-S-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-AU-Details-/332094717716" rel="nofollow">This one</a> got AU Details (?!) from PCGS, and went for $160; <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-s-Mercury-Head-Dime-X-F-Detail-97176-/361863870927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-s-Mercury-Head-Dime-X-F-Detail-97176-/361863870927" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, raw, got $79. You never can tell what people will be willing to pay...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2677782, member: 27832"]I bought a lot of Mercury dimes that were advertised as dug and cleaned, and got exactly what was promised (although there were more there than I thought -- it was quite a deal). To my surprise, though, a lot of them had XF or better details. I sure wish whoever dug them had known better. I found this one near the end of the lot: [ATTACH=full]597779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]597780[/ATTACH] Sigh. Even scrubbed as it is, this one may be worth almost as much as the rest of the lot combined; it's certainly worth more than I paid for the lot. I may put it up on eBay with an ambitious BIN, enable offers, and see what happens. [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-S-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-AU-Details-/332094717716']This one[/URL] got AU Details (?!) from PCGS, and went for $160; [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/1926-s-Mercury-Head-Dime-X-F-Detail-97176-/361863870927']this one[/URL], raw, got $79. You never can tell what people will be willing to pay...[/QUOTE]
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