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Posts posted by Livio Eleven
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I agree that the top of the S seems off. Thing is, it's clearly not been added and seems more like it might have a ding on the S. It does have the appearance of having been cleaned perhaps, but even under magnification, it appears to be a genuine S mint mark. I feel like it might deserve a details grade but I don't know enough about altered mint marks to be confident....
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In the process of learning how to spot altered coins, I sent this in to NGC - it came back body bagged for an altered mint mark. Based on these photos, can anyone tell me what I should have been looking for to identify the altered mint mark? Is there a difference between a damaged mint mark and an altered mint mark?
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Thanks for taking a look and pointing out the PVC. The coin just just got graded by NGC. I'm interested in a value and how to honestly sell this coin as well as knowing how collectors evaluate a coin that has been slabbed and graded cleaned UNC:Details
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Thanks for checking the references. I'm struggling to get good clear high res shots of the entire coin, although I can get reasonable close ups. Time to invest in a good system for taking photos of coins. Here is a shot of the date showing faint doubling. I've only looked at the reference in the Variety Plus section of the NGC website - I'm guessing Coneca is the place to go for actual ID....
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It may be my LED lighting although I think your intuition is probably good. It wouldn't surprise me if these coins had been cleaned back in the '70's. The entire set of 50+ coins has a bright finish with little variation between coins.
Is there a particular part of the coin the would be helpful to see? Here is the '41/42 again in possibly better lighting and a bit more in focus. The more I look at this, the more I feel like it may be counterfeit.....but I'm a complete novice at this..
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On 3/29/2022 at 3:33 PM, Moxie15 said:
There are some things that set me wondering about this coin. I am not proficient enough to say this is not righteous, but I have my doubts. Where did you get this?
It is part of a collection my father had. He collected thru about 1979 and was an experienced collector. There is also a 1921D and a 1926S in the collection that seem to be in MSFB condition. He told me he had a 1916D that he managed to loose and was upset to the point where he stopped collecting mercs.
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Mercury Dime 1926s altered mint mark identification
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Thanks for all the great responses! Here is an enlargement of the S on the reverse. I think it more clearly shows manipulation.