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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 67920, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Life Happens to Coins, Too.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are nice.&nbsp; They are what they are.&nbsp; I am not a big fan of dipping.&nbsp; That works a temporary fix for the seller and becomes the buyer&#039;s problem when the coin retones, which it will.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not agree that the coins were stored &quot;improperly.&quot;&nbsp; Paper tubes, envelopes, etc., are all valid.&nbsp; Granted that inert gas in a sealed container is best, but what fun is that and these are just Mercury Dimes, after all.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are the only series I came close to completing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The set is very affordable.&nbsp; I filled 90% of my Whitman by going through bags of circs at a coin shop.&nbsp; I bought the semi-keys.&nbsp; I also bought some &quot;commons&quot; that I never found in bags.&nbsp; I do not own a 16-D.&nbsp; Some varieties are being discovered, but the series has few surprises or rarities.&nbsp; For that, it has some attraction.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>mercury</b>&quot; (or some form of it) has been my username since 1985.&nbsp; I have been <a href="mailto:mercury@well.com">mercury@well.com</a> since 1990.&nbsp; In the Nova Roma community, I am <b>GAIUS MARIUS MERCURIALIS</b>.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have written about Mercury Dimes more than a couple of times.&nbsp; This is the first.</p><p><a href="http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/mercury-dime.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/mercury-dime.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/mercury-dime.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In response to my claim that the curls are hard to grade, Dan Pon wrote up a grading guide to curls.&nbsp; So, I got with him on that and we submitted the joint article to Women in Numismatics.&nbsp; I cannot find that online anywhere, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p>DLRC has issued an update to their standard reference:</p><p><a href="http://www.davidlawrence.com/books/Viewitem.cfm?Inventory=137637" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.davidlawrence.com/books/Viewitem.cfm?Inventory=137637" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidlawrence.com/books/Viewitem.cfm?Inventory=137637</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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