OHHHRAHHHH!! Semi key date on my first silver

[jeepcj5]

Well, my very first silver with the etrac on its first time out just keeps getting better!! Looking at the 2011 Red Book my 1926 s Merc dime is a semi key date coin!!
I need a little help grading it, never done this before but reading the definitions in the Red Book this specimen appears to fall somewhere between an F-12 to a VF-20 at any rate, it

 

[shwebb]

Check out this site. It is a photo grade site and has pictures of all grades of most coins. http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#
This next site gives values for coins http://www.coinstudy.com/
Hope this helps
Steve

 

[shwebb]

I forgot to say congrats on the nice find

 

[detectorfreak74]

great job

 

[deepsilverdetector]

Congrats, nice find

 

[Goes4ever]

Great find, congrats on a wonderful semi key date merc!

 

[lud]

awesome condition.

 

[wvrick]

Nice Find! Congratulations!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Real nice Merc !

 

[Hawkeye Jim]

Definitely a Fine 12 to 15 in my opinion.............NICE FIND!!! Hawkeye Jim.

 

[boog]

Beautiful!!!---Remember ---ON ANY COIN ---In your excitement to see the date or even the type of coin it is--DO NOT RUB IT--a few scratches could (and will) mean a lesser value. Always carry a little water with you to rinse it off and check it out. Congratulations on the find!!

 

[jeepcj5]

Thanks fella's much appreciated! like a few other things in life, your first you'll always remember!!!

 

[Aaron]

NIIIICE!

 

[Idaho PRB]

That is a beauty! Definetly one of the most striking coins ever produced, I love 'em. Nice haul.

 

[NebTrac]

Very nice find. Congratulations and thanks for the great pictures.

NebTrac

 

[kirk01]

Excellent find!

As far as value most dealers use "the Coin Dealer newsletter" AKA the graysheet.

Your coin and grade was last listed in the 2/11/11 CDN monthly supplement page 7 @

Fine $23 BID $25 ASK Very Fine $50 BID $55 Ask.

Check out " Grading coins by Photographs" by D. Bowers page 178.

Your coin is a F-12/15.

Good Hunting
Denny

 

[nge]

Awesome old lady ya got there, congrats! I use ANAC'S grading standards book, it was well worth the buy of $16.95, and it uses actual photo's of coins......NGE

 

[moose]

Way sweet

Thank you for sharing.

 

[terrywl]

Congrats on a very nice coin. 1.5 million minted and we each have found one. Yours in in better shape than the one I found last month, which is a G4 to G8 coin. Trade ya!

 

[jeepcj5]

hahahaha terryw, thanks for the offer bud but this ones goin in the box!!! gonna try and get back to that area this sunday...