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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1717331, member: 17919&quot;]I have never bought a 1916-D Mercury dime due to the fact that so many fakes exist (and one reason why I always caution new collectors to NEVER buy key coins first). According to Walter Breen, a renowned cataloguer of US coins, &quot;Forgeries are plentiful, most often fabricated by affixing mintmarks to genuine Philadelphia coins, or by altering S to D on genuine 1916-S coins. The Busby gang made thousands in Los Angeles (1958); others made tens of thousands more in Milwaukee ca. 1968-73, and elsewhere in later years, in all grades. Cast counterfeits exist. Authentication is mandatory!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>(source: Walter Breen&#039;s Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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