1942/1 D Mercury Dime !!!!!

[Mike Moutray]

Been in a detecting lull lately, so I went through a bunch of Mercury Dimes I had and pulled out about 90 1942D coins, got out the magnifier, and started lookig for that elusive 1942/1 D overdate. About 2/3 of theway through them, I couldn't believe what I saw!!! Sure enough I had one! I tried to take as good of a pic as I could and this was the best I could get... You can see the extra long tail on the 4 and 2 little spurs at the left and bottom of the 2... thats all there is of the 42D overdate. The 42 plain overdate is more famous because the whole 1 is visible under the 2, but the 42D is just as valuable... just harder to detect.



There were an estimated 10,000 - 20,000 of these minted out of a total of over 60 million, so the odds are very slim to come by this variety. You never know what will turn up! Take care and HH, Mike.

 

[mikewaz]

Great detective work!

I never looked at mine through a glass, but I guess I better after seeing this.
HH

 

[Pepper2004]

Congrats! I love those mercs!

 

[creeper71]

Wasn't much into coins til I got my Ace 250... So I always have of habit of looking up more info an prices of coins on here other people find... Well holy crap that dime could buy a new car in ms grade.. check out the price for the coin here http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/c...&nmcode=12916800&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms Awesome find... Hope my luck will be as good as your someday soon!!!

 

[wyattrr]

Holy Smokes!! Nice Score...HH

 

[Jack(IN)]

Not too bad, just checking dates and up pops a great error coin!! Congrats!

 

[tymcmurray]

Great find and good eye!

 

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

The only way to verify this coin is to submit it too NGC, PCGS, or Coneca
which will verify this is a error coin, your coin does not look like the ones
in the 2007, 2008, 2009 RED BOOK, and does not look like the ones in the
CHERRY PICKERS books

 

[Kiros32]

The only way to verify this coin is to submit it too NGC, PCGS, or Coneca
which will verify this is a error coin, your coin does not look like the ones
in the 2007, 2008, 2009 RED BOOK, and does not look like the ones in the
CHERRY PICKERS books

Wow Capt. Buzzkill

 

[ramfan]

I certainly hope it is one of the elusive 10 to 20k of these errors minted! I look at so many coins my eyes start to play tricks on me.....any possibility it could be worth that much is a no-brainer to send in. Good luck to you Mike!

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Gosh I love those things. Every time I find one a tingle goes up my back from bending over, but hey it's worth it.