~Dream Hunt 1916-D Mercury Dime~

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Today Mr Stuff (Dave) drove up to hunt with me, and wow....we both had a KILLER day!

We hunted sidewalk curb strips and a couple old houses. Our finds were just awesome today. He was kicking my butt on silver and I grumbled that I had not YET dug a silver coin yet today and the very next signal was a solid 12-45 at 4-5"...........I cut the plug and opened it up. I saw a silver dime, pulled it out of the hole and right away I saw it was a merc....cool. I yelled at Dave, "hey I finally got a silver!" then I looked at it and saw the 1916, and nervously flipped it over and saw the D.....instantly I started shaking. I am still in utter amazement, this is a once in a lifetime find. Thank God I did not scratch it.

It got rinsed very gingerly with water, and took it straight to the bank safety deposit box until I can send it in to be graded and slabbed.

Other than that the rest of my finds were awesome, I ended up getting a silver trifecta, 1946 rosie, the 1916D merc, and a 1905 barber dime.

3 injuns, bunch of wheats, best being a 1909. A good luck token, buffalo nickel, play coin. Lead soldier, and bunch of clad as well.

I am still amazed, I took dirty pictures of the 1916-D and rinsed pictures as well. I can't wait to send it in, any ideas what it will grade?

Mr. Stuff had an awesome silver day.....I think he got a double trifecta of silver dimes as well as a silver half. What a DREAM hunt! thanks to everyone for looking!!!!!
 

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Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Nice find, and good going!

ANACS grades conservatively, and so everyone makes allowances for the value. Better that than some of the other graders.
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

wow the16d looks like the best one! SOMEDAY ill find one. congrats. willy
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to get done what you had done. In case I want to send a pulltab to get graded.

Thanks,
Ted
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

nice! for us canadians who dont know much about american coinage why is the D more valuable? amount minted? sorry for the newbe question i just always wanted to know. thanks
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Congrats!!!I just never can figure them out?I have seen coins I thought would pass muster and didnt and coins that were obviously dug pass.I guess ya just never know.I have a couple I need to send in myself.Big congrats again!! :thumbsup:
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Ted Mac said:
Just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to get done what you had done. In case I want to send a pulltab to get graded.
I really was rolling on the floor laughing!
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Rasputin said:
Ted Mac said:
Just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to get done what you had done. In case I want to send a pulltab to get graded.
I really was rolling on the floor laughing!

Just dealing with reality. :thumbsup:
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

novafinder said:
nice! for us canadians who dont know much about american coinage why is the D more valuable? amount minted? sorry for the newbe question i just always wanted to know. thanks
It's a combination of low mintage, number of surviving examples in better condition and the popularity of the series among collectors.

1916 plain (Philadelphia) was minted in large numbers, as was 1916-S. But the Denver mint had only minted 216,400 dimes from exactly four die pairs in 1916 when they switched over to only minting an emergency order of quarters. 1916 dimes were saved in pretty large numbers because it was a first-year issue that was very well liked from day one, but most coin collectors were fairly cosmopolitan, and therefore concentrated on the coasts which mostly got Philadelphia and San Francisco issues.

At the time, it was most popular to collect individual type coins, or series of coins one-per-year, but not by both date and mint. By the time collecting by mint became popular and the scarcity of the 1916-D was realized, most of the coins had been worn down to AG condition or worse (many had been so badly worn that the date or mintmark was unreadable). The series has always been popular, so the few that exist in Fine or better are tied up in collections and rarely come up for sale.
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

Ted Mac said:
Just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to get done what you had done. In case I want to send a pulltab to get graded.

Thanks,
Ted
I paid $29 for the grading service and $25 for return shipping with it fully insured for coin value
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

thanks for the reply with the info on the mintage , very interesting. and i think to find that many 1916 dimes goes4ever should be buying a lotto ticket
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

I may have skipped over it, but what is the insure value of such a dime? Monty
 

Re: The 1916-D has returned home! Graded VG08 !!!!!!

congrats and a well deserved find-you really work hard to find the good stuff! :thumbsup:
 

A-W-E-S-O-M-E..........G4E...............Big Congratulations man.
 

Monty said:
I may have skipped over it, but what is the insure value of such a dime? Monty
coin price guides say $1600 for VG08
 

That IS a good find! I thought maybe a couple of hundred bucks. Banner if not already there. Monty
 

Monty said:
That IS a good find! I thought maybe a couple of hundred bucks. Banner if not already there. Monty
thank you, and yes it hit the banner the day i dug it, still there!
 

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