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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 918126, member: 19456&quot;]I love the Mercury dime. As I go along I find that the dime is becoming my favorite denomination to collect, and the Mercury dimes sure do look nice! Currently, I have 14 of them in my collection, of which I inherited 6 from my late father. One of them is in desperate need of an upgrade however. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I agree that it is one of the best designs we&#039;ve had. It&#039;s not my favorite, but for me, too, it&#039;s in the top 5. It&#039;s truly a classic! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m sorry I can&#039;t stay in chronological order, but I want to be able to share mine and there is no way I will ever have a 1916 D! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is my latest addition, a 1917 that I got in April. It looks better in person than it does scanned.</p><p><img src="http://images12.fotki.com/v532/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1917dimea-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images12.fotki.com/v531/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1917Dimeb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a 1938. This is one of the best coins in my collection, showing full mint lustre. It also didn&#039;t scan well, but what looks like black is just reflections...it&#039;s that nice! I purchased it at CoinFest last October.</p><p><img src="http://images110.fotki.com/v566/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1938dimea-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images54.fotki.com/v514/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1938dimeb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a 1944 D. This is also uncirculated but the scan shows a fingerprint. I don&#039;t see the print in real life. I am hoping that the print is on the 2x2 which it was scanned inside! Also purchased at CoinFest.</p><p><img src="http://images56.fotki.com/v1600/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1944Ddimea-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images12.fotki.com/v252/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1944Ddimeb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Those are the only three I&#039;ve scanned, but here is a photo of my 1945 year set. This was the first set I&#039;ve completed from the silver era. As of right now, it&#039;s still the only silver era year set I&#039;ve completed, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;m doing too bad because when I started collecting in May of 2008, the only one I had to begin with was the half dollar! The dime and quarter were both purchased at CoinFest, and the nickel was pulled from circulation! The dime kind of stands out being uncirculated, but I don&#039;t mind!</p><p><img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v638/photos/3/348354/6136805/002Copy-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://images53.fotki.com/v443/photos/3/348354/6136805/003Copy-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a photo of the obverse of my 1925 example. This is the one that I need an upgrade on. Also one of the coins I inherited. The back is just as bad!</p><p><img src="http://images53.fotki.com/v536/photos/3/348354/6136805/011-vi.jpg?1276429019" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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