1942/1-D 10C FS-101 MS65 Full Bands PCGS. CAC....

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1942/1-D Mercury Dime, MS65 Full Bands
Very Scarce Denver Mint Overdate

1942/1-D 10C FS-101 MS65 Full Bands PCGS. CAC. Knowledgeable numismatists are aware of several popular "wartime overdates," a catch-all term that masks some interesting differences in the actual coins. The varieties in question include the 1918/7-D Buffalo and 1943/2-P Jefferson nickels, the 1942/1-P and -D Mercury dimes, and the 1918/7-S Standing Liberty quarter. a spirited discussion arose several years ago (April 2010) in the E-Sylum concerning the differences between those issues. Numerous contributors lumped the issues together as "dual hub overdates," created when two differently dated working hubs were used to finish a working die.

Tom DeLorey -- formerly editor of "Collector's Clearinghouse" for Coin World, former ANACS senior authenticator, and an expert in errors and varieties -- however, pointed out that the 1942/1-P and -D Mercury dimes were actually created when the Mint respaced the digits in the date, and that no other portion of the design is doubled:

"The doubling on the 4 on the 1942/41-P and 1942/41-D dimes is the result of the 4 being moved slightly between the master die for 1941 and the master die for 1942. The rest of the design is not doubled. Just the 4 and the 2/1. The Mint's engravers often respaced the third date digit when there was a significant difference in the width of the old fourth digit and the new fourth digit, as happened between 1941 and 1942. Occasionally they would remake the entire date for the sake of artistic balance."

Of course, such overdates can still only be produced by impressions from two differently dated working dies in the annealing process, but DeLorey's point is that it is more than a simple matter of different dates.

This is an all-brilliant example of the Denver overdate, and a coin that shows remarkably thick mint luster. Very rarely seen in Gem condition.

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 145476, Base PCGS# 5041)

Weight: 2.49 grams

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

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