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TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND

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	TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « on: October 01, 2009, 07:48:15 pm »

A number of years ago I was detecting in a park, here in the Midwest, and popped up the first, nicer, 1916D mercury dime in the outfield of the ball diamond. At that time, I didn't know enough about caring for silver coins so I decided to clean it with simichrome polish. Also, notice the two nicks I made with my poker. What a dummy!!! As you can notice, it is still a 1916D and has good detail and would be a beautiful coin without the nicks. A couple of years later I popped up the second 1916D in AG condition in the front yard of a house.

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #1 on: October 01, 2009, 09:03:27 pm »

Terrific finds! What a way to introduce yourself. Welcome from Oz!

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #2 on: October 09, 2009, 07:59:52 pm »

Nice finds, ive been lookin for that one for 31 years, and you found 2 of them Cry

i wanna cry.... Happy huntin...DW

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #3 on: October 09, 2009, 08:47:32 pm »

Congratulations, Great finds! I want one Cry

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 09:56:59 pm »

Nice finds, I bet those made your day. I just seen one of these dimes for the 1st time a couple of months ago...My wife got it back in some change from a booth at a local festival. I was so excited when i seen it.

Thanks for sharing and HH Freedom420

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #5 on: December 21, 2009, 08:02:10 pm »

yes they are rare indeed. they only made 264000 of those mercs from 1916d and just in G-4 they are worth a lot more than 10 cent. great finds, catbird....

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #6 on: January 01, 2010, 09:10:55 pm »

I live in the midwest.... my hood! Wink

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	Re: TWO RARE 1916 D MERCURY DIMES FOUND « Reply #7 on: January 02, 2010, 07:36:38 am »

Absolutly amazing. With the low mintage,I bet theres no more than a few hundred buried in all of the U.S. And you found two of them! Way to go!
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