Bittersweet First.. Mercury Dime

[Nomatic00]

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..

 

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[palidin20603]

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

 

[cooper36]

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]

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]

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.
Medical uses of silver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[fistfulladirt]

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

 

[BoredBankTeller]

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

 

[Bad Wolf]

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...

 

[hotrod]

nice!

 

[Nomatic00]

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]

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):