Bittersweet First.. Mercury Dime

Nomatic00 · Feb 15, 2013

Hit my first Mercury Dime. It's a crying shame that it is all but unrecognizable. I knew it was silver looking at the edge but when I popped it out of the roll it looked like someone tried to clean it with acid. There's a hunk missing out of the face and I can only ID it by a small section of the torch on the back side.. Well it's still silver and worth something more than a dime so I'll count it a win..

palidin20603 · Feb 15, 2013

I found one like that, I cleaned. and was able to see "One Dime" on the back

cooper36 · Feb 15, 2013

I am sorry your first looked like that, your right it is a shame that someone would do that to it.I have only found 2 mercs in the wild.

theekman · Feb 15, 2013

Man is that thing messed up!

Ironically the first dime i ever found was a merc, i just found 2 the other day in 1 box i found a merc and a barber. Keep looking and you'll eventually find a nice one.

50cent · Feb 15, 2013

Or, someone was chewing on it, for Ag based treatment. There actually are people out there who chew on cents for the zinc content, I imagine, someone gave it a shot with a silver dime instead.
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fistfulladirt · Feb 15, 2013

Whatever you do, don't try to clean it more. You'll ruin the value. :tongue3:

BoredBankTeller · Feb 15, 2013

I've only found one in the wild and it wasn't great looking either. Hey, at least you found it! :icon_thumleft:

Bad Wolf · Feb 15, 2013

Just a thought, but it might be fun to have an "Ugliest Dime/Quarter/Half" contest every once and a while. Must be a silver coin bagged in the wild through traditional CRH practices. Nomatic00's dime could be the honorary first winner.. :goldtrophy:

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hotrod · Feb 16, 2013

nice!

Nomatic00 · Feb 16, 2013

Bad Wolf said:
Just a thought, but it might be fun to have an "Ugliest Dime/Quarter/Half" contest every once and a while. Must be a silver coin bagged in the wild through traditional CRH practices. Nomatic00's dime could be the honorary first winner...

Lol Very nice

sagittarius98 · Feb 16, 2013

Bad Wolf said:
Just a thought, but it might be fun to have an "Ugliest Dime/Quarter/Half" contest every once and a while. Must be a silver coin bagged in the wild through traditional CRH practices. Nomatic00's dime could be the honorary first winner...

An interesting one for MDing:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/g...st-coin-lets-see-your-damaged-coin-finds.html

I don't have an ugly silver yet, but do have a really ugly Canadian quarter (1990s to early 2000s):