I saw a post here that told me where to look for the mint mark, and checked my bag of dimes. All were without a mark (I guess that means Philly) except one with a D. I would judge it to be excellent condition. Any idea of value? Also if someone could private message me about how to "slab",display,clean, and protect the finish on my coins. Thanks.
First thing, DON'T CLEAN THEM. I can't stress that enough. You will ruin any collector value the coin has if you clean. It is much better if left in its original unaltered state unless under a few very specific situations. The 1944-D Mercury Dime is a somewhat common dime and is easy to come buy in high grades. I would say unless it is in a very high uncirculated grade its worth no more than several dollars. We would need pictures of both the front and the back of the coin to give it an accurate grade and price though.
Thanks Richie. I was shocked to see your avatar. I have a coin just like that, but 1884. It is among the ones I will probably keep! I hadn't intended to collect coins, as I'm 67 and have no heirs to leave stuff too, but after you get to looking at them, there are some you just hate to let go. Like Silver Dollars my mom bought for the year she was born, and others with the date of my birth, and 2 Susan B Anthony's minted when my son was born. I don't really need them, but hate to see the leave! Then I have some Eisenhaur Half Dollars as big as Liberty whole dollars (these seem to be BiCentennial coins) and yet a Kennedy Half in Bi Centennial is only the size of a half. There sure are some strange things in the world of coins.
If you look carefully you will see the Ike is marked "ONE DOLLAR". It is a clad dollar the same size as the silver dollar. The Kennedy Bicentennial Half Dollar is the size of a Half Dollar because it is a Half Dollar.
That would be a Morgan Dollar, they are my favorite of all coins. The one in my avatar is not one that I own, but one from a collection of online photographs that were designed to be used as avatars. I do have an 1881-S that has a similar cameo-like effect though. There are 4 different 1884 Morgan's. There is the 1884 (P), 1884-CC, 1884-O, and 1884-S. The mint mark is located on the reverse below the wreath in the middle. As with other coins, a lack of MM indicates the coin was made in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia and New Orleans coins are fairly common in all grades while the 1884-S is common in low grades and rare in high grades. The 1884-CC is somewhat rare and valuable in all grades.
