Mercury Dimes * Chapter 4

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes]
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The most often seen errors within the Mercury Dime series are laminated planchets, broadstrikes and off-centered coins.  These are not especially difficult to find, but all other error types are quite scarce.  Exotic pieces… Continued...

[The following excerpt is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its author, David W. Lange. This information was originally published in 2005 in ]
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Any coin of sufficient value is subject to being counterfeited.  During the years in which Mercury Dimes were minted, those counterfeits seen were apt to be circulating fakes, intended to pass only at face value.  Such pieces were crudely cast… Continued...