would anyone like to buy a 1942 mercury dime???

Question

i fould a 1942 mercury dime at my job on the floor i am not too sure how much it is worth but from what (e&@{) an outside website its worth about 600 dollars......what i steal....so if this is not against the yahoo guidelines....someone contact me.....thanks

Answer 1

You have a Mercury Dime. Mercury Dimes were designed by Adolph Weinman. They were minted from 1916-1945.I am sorry but your website is wrong.Your coin is not worth $600. To be worth that much your coin must have an error, the error is a 2 over the 1 on the date which is unlikely. Your coin is worth around $1.00. here is an example of a 1942 2 over 1

http://www.fastcoin.com/images/1942-over-1-mercury-dime-xf-02-03-05-3.JPG

I hope this information helps answer your question.

Answer 2

Go with Mirrorcoin on this one. The 1942 Winged Liberty head dime is worth about a $1 to $2 in circulated grades. It had a mintage of 205,432,329 so it is far from rare. Out of that mintage a die was used that had been been left over from 1941 and rehubbed with a 1942 die. Now that coin is rare. World War II had started on Dec 7 1941 and much was needed for the war effort, the mint like other agencies did their best to salvage what they could to save metal for making weapons.

Answer 3

If you want to build a set, pick through them and take one of each date/mint mark in the best condition possible for each. The dealer has probably gone through them already, so I doubt you will find any better date coins but you never know. They are being offered at a roughly 10% premium to the melt value of silver, which is reasonable and a good deal for a beginner collector. If you're not interested in an actual, serious collection, that is, trying to put together as complete a set in as nice a condition as you can afford (some individual coins will cost you much more than 'silver melt'), then I'll leave it up to you whether you want to 'invest' in silver coins without caring what it is you're getting. I myself will not pay that much but there are others who would jump on them at $1.93. Last Saturday there was a large estate auction with a big coin accumulation to disperse. Many, many lots of dimes, quarters and half dollars. My top bid on silver dimes was $1.50 per dime (that is how the bidding works, you pay so much per coin and must buy all the coins in the lot). That put my price with the buyer's fee at $1.65, about eight cents under melt at the time. These lots of dimes were selling for either $2.09 or $2.20 per coin after the buyers fees were added in. Quarters and half dollars were going for similar high prices. A lot of 12 very common Franklin halves, with a melt value of about $8.60 each, sold for $12.50 each ($150) BEFORE the 10% hammer fee. The buyers at this auction would grab every one of those dimes you're looking at. I think it's too high to just sit on the silver. It's a matter of opinion if $1.93 is a good deal. But it is a good deal if you can find some coins to start a set with that do not have a lot of wear.

Answer 4

No sorry. For not wanting to buy the dime from you as I have one myself, and for having to inform you that the dime is a common date and worth around a dollar only in used condition. Great find anyway.

Answer 5

I'll give you ten cents.