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<p>[QUOTE="cdcda, post: 14459, member: 941"]Only an EXPERT is going to be able to tell you for CERTAIN whether or not your 1916-D Mercury Dime is genuine. Whether or not the dealer you visited is an expert is difficult for anyone on this forum to state with any reasonable certainty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some 1916-D fakes are relatively obvious and your average dealer could catch them without too much trouble or education. It is possible that your coin is one of these, and the dealer suspected it immediately. On the other hand, some fakes are so good that it takes very precise examination to determine authenticity. And, there are a number of different mint marks that were used on the 1916-D so many dealers will look in the variety of books on the market that show a single mint mark and call a coin a fake when it in fact is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice, post a high quality digital picture here. A number of us can take a look at it and tell you if it is fake. What we cannot tell you for sure from a photo is whether it is real. If I for one do not believe it is a fake, my advice would be to send it to PCGS for certification.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cdcda, post: 14459, member: 941"]Only an EXPERT is going to be able to tell you for CERTAIN whether or not your 1916-D Mercury Dime is genuine. Whether or not the dealer you visited is an expert is difficult for anyone on this forum to state with any reasonable certainty. Some 1916-D fakes are relatively obvious and your average dealer could catch them without too much trouble or education. It is possible that your coin is one of these, and the dealer suspected it immediately. On the other hand, some fakes are so good that it takes very precise examination to determine authenticity. And, there are a number of different mint marks that were used on the 1916-D so many dealers will look in the variety of books on the market that show a single mint mark and call a coin a fake when it in fact is not. My advice, post a high quality digital picture here. A number of us can take a look at it and tell you if it is fake. What we cannot tell you for sure from a photo is whether it is real. If I for one do not believe it is a fake, my advice would be to send it to PCGS for certification.[/QUOTE]
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