I finally found the right coin for my type set.

I think it was around October or November of '07 that I decided that I wanted to get myself a nice Merc dime. Now I normally pic a grade that is nice but within my budget. This normally means that I aim for the grade that's in the $40-60 range when I'm wanting a nice coin for my type set. That usually gets me a solid coin that doesn't break the bank. It's not going to win me any registry awards for #1 sets, but it normally places me towards the middle of the pack and I'm quite happy there. With this in mind, I decided on a nice MS66FB and went looking for the coin.

No coins really jumped out at me and, as often happens when you're ADD, I got sidetracked on my presidential dollars, lincoln cents, and silver eagles and completely forgot about that pretty Merc dime I wanted. It's been on the "short list" ever since, just never a high enough priority. I started thinking about it again recently though.

As it happens I am working on a deal for the last coin for my 21st century type set with a forum member who happens to be a pretty major dealer. He actually submitted a coin for me and after 2 months (~3 weeks in QC) the coin got the grade I wanted and he's nice enough to sell it to me basically at cost (Have I meantioned how much I love the people here?)

Just for fun (and to see if I could throw some more profitable business his way) I went looking through his online store... and what did I find but the most gorgeous 1941-S MS66FB dime I have ever seen. I just looked at this coin, and I don't often feel this way, but I just immediately thought "I WANT THAT!" The coin was a little north of my normal price range, but heck, I went for it anyway. It didn't take me long to realize that after seeing that beauty I wasn't going be happy with anything else. It is definitely well struck, full lines and details all over.

It won't ship out until the 21st century coin gets back from NGC, but I should have it in about 1.5 to 2 weeks and I can't wait. Here's the pic:

(Have I ever said "sorry" for how wordy I get?... well, uh... sorry? ... and I type horriby, I had to go back and edit out about 4 glaring typos...)