Our Best Silver Coin To Date

[Luck Be a Lady]

Although we have dug older coins, this is the best one as far as value goes. We walked into a mine today, 2 1/2 hour walk in, detected only a half hour and found this. 1921 D Mercury Dime. Here is a link to PCGS What would you grade it at?

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?MS=1&PR=1&SP=1&c=703&title=Mercury+Dime

We are thinking a XF-40

 

[CRUSADER]

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Nice pictures

 

[tomharris76]

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Sweet Merc you got there.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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a great silver to find too

Love the pictures too

 

[cntrydncr1]

looks like a great spot to hunt!! congrats on the merc

 

[brookfield]

2 1/2 hour walk into a mine? I'm good for about 2 1/2 minutes. Congrats on the find. Nice Merc. HHjs

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice merc, Cathy........or did your Hubby (Chris) find it?? I'd would guess it would grade a little higher than average but I'm no coin grader expert That's number 2 for the merc, isn't it

 

[Luck Be a Lady]

Hey Ron, that is #2 on the Mercs this year. Yes, Chris found it but we were detecting together. But did you see the gold pin I found yesterday?

Thanks for your reply!

Kathy

 

[Luck Be a Lady]

2 1/2 hour walk into a mine? I'm good for about 2 1/2 minutes. Congrats on the find. Nice Merc. HHjs

Yes, 2 1/2 hour walk and what felt like a 5 hour walk back out! Our butts were really draggin'!

 

[tuatara]

Congrats on a good find :icon_thumright
Looks that you've got a worthwhile place to detect. The long walk makes it even more interesting. It will keep lazy people out.
I cannot tell the grade your coin professionally but it seems to be in a very fine shape. At least all the details are crisp.

 

[davebien]

WTG... so that is what ground looks like !!!! All I see is snow

 

[Old Dog]

Nice merc. Might surprise you if you look at the actual graded stuff how much you miss with your grade.
I would guess F-20+ . Too many scratches to be XF

 

[River Rat]

Sweet find!

RR

 

[creeper71]

Nice merc. Might surprise you if you look at the actual graded stuff how much you miss with your grade.
I would guess F-20+ . Too many scratches to be XF

I don't see the scratches your reffering... could you please point them out...thank you!

 

[DigginThePast]

Big congrats on your find! Great job in your retrieval method.

I think your XF-40 grade is pretty close. The only thing that I question is on the obverse. It is hard to tell from the pic, is there some porosity?

Attached is a photo of a VF-35 graded by PCGS and a link to the closed ebay auction. Clearly yours looks better that the one in the auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1921-D-PCGS-VF3...mQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item230596d9c7

 

[wingmaster]

Great find congrats.

 

[Luck Be a Lady]

Here is a better picture of the back.

 

[Mr Tuff]

thats a nice un!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[creeper71]

Here is a better picture of the back.

You don't want to clean it anymore then you might have already done.. then i think it will be worth the money to have it graded by a company... being graded will more then likely have more value an also since your not sure of grades that you won't get ripped off by a coin collector downgrading it to get a better price if you sell it ...

 

[Old Dog]

Nice merc. Might surprise you if you look at the actual graded stuff how much you miss with your grade.
I would guess F-20+ . Too many scratches to be XF

I don't see the scratches your reffering... could you please point them out...thank you!

Here are a few I can see with the photo of the obverse.
Notice how they just ever so,,, cut through the tarnish.