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This is an educational page showing and describing some of the coin varieties.  Bookmark this page, so you can come back and check for coin varieties.  Being Mercury Dime Specialists you will find a wide range of information on the various Mercury Dime varieties; however, you will find more than just our specialty.  This page will get updated as new coins are found.  If you have a variety please contact us with the information, and we can possibly add your variety to the listing.

Last Update: Decamber 31, 2010.

The coins found on this page are not for sale and are here for your reference.  If by chance one or some of these would be for sale they would be found on the sale pages.

1939-S/S CONECA #: DDO-001, 1-O-II-C  

1953-D/D Lincoln Cent.  This is one of the CONECA top 100.  CONECA RPM-001.  FS-501  Secondary D west.

Die cracks typical of many Lincoln Cents from the 1950's.

The 1955 Poor Man's double die Lincoln Cent is not a double die; it is a polishing error.  Some people collect these as error, but they are not really an error.  The thickness in the second five is from die use and polishing.

1960-D/D Large over Small Date.  Note the small 0 extended above the large 0, the thinner D above and to the left of the original D.  Doubling in also noticeable at the top of the 1, and all around the 9. 

1969-S Not a Doubled Die.  The images below show machine doubling.  This is caused by the dies bouncing with the coin in between the the dies. The coin is stamped and immediately stamped again.   The results are a coin that looks much like a doubled die, but there are no splits in the serifs, and the mint mark is doubled in the same manner.

1972 DDO FS-033.52 DIE 2 Lincoln Cent

Note the rotation. the second hubbing is counter clockwise.  There is very little spread on the date.  Nice spread on LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.

1995 DDO FS-101 Double Die Lincoln Cent

Easily visible on IN GOD and LIBERTY.

1858 Double Date FS-301 Seated Half Dime

1858 Inverted Date FS-302 Seated Half Dime

A bit hard to see compared to the double date above.  Look at the tail of the right side of the digit one which is part of the inverted 8.

1930 DDR FS-801.  The easiest place to see the doubling is on the front of the front leg (the leg to the right).

 1938-D/S Buffalo Nickel

1955-D/S Jefferson Nickel 

  1942 P Proof DDR 

The serifs on all most of the letters throughout the reverse are split.  Other letters also show the splits. 

1928-S Large S FS-101

The S is very fat and much larger than the normal S.  Two examples shown below.

1929-S DDO FS-101 Mercury Dime

The three example examined by us have all had die clashing in front of Miss Liberty's face in the eye and nose area. 

1931-D DDO FS-101 Mercury Dime

Note the split at the top of the first one and the base of the nine.

1931-S DDO FS-101 Mercury Dime

Very similar to the Denver coin from this year look at the top of the one and the base of the nine.

1935-S/S FS-501

A very tough variety to locate.  Look for the extra loop or mark under the mint mark.

1936-S FS-110 Mercury Dime

The first coin is a high AU grade coin the second coin is a later die state circulated coin.  Notice the mark to the bottom left of the numeral 9.  That is the easiest marker to find while searching for one of these. The two coins were found within three weeks of each other after searching for two years. 

A third coin is now added which seems to be an in between die state.  There is die polishing on the obverse in front and behind Miss Liberty to a fairly large extent, but the under-date is more clear than the second coin.

1937-D DDO FS-101 Mercury Dime

The splits are easily seen on the serif of the one and the base of the nine.  The complete date shows doubling.

1939  DDO-003, 3-O-VI Mercury Dime

In our search for variety coins we found a coin in which we are listed for the Discovery.  We have found a few circulated examples, so look for this one and you may find one on your journey. Our discovery is a type IV (6) which is a distorted hub doubling.

1940-SSSS FS-501 Mercury dime

This dime boasts a set of four repunched mint marks (RPMs).  One of the easy coin varieties to spot. 

1941-S Dime -- Die Gouge in Date. 

This coin is also the Large S (Large S is shown in the Variety Resource Dime page).

 1941-S DDR FS-801 Mercury Dime

This is a tough one.  The doubling is extremely hard to see in E.PLURIBUNS.UNUM.  A better place to look would be at the bottom of the letters ME of DIME, the tops and centers of the letters in AMERICA, and the top of the star. 

 1942/41 & 1942/41-D Close ups. 

1942/41 Mercury Dime FS-101 (010.7)

 1942/41-D Mercury Dime FS-101 (010.8)

1975-S/S Proof Roosevelt Dime FS-501 CONECA RPM2

1945-D/Horizontal D 

Another rare one.  These seem to be tough in any grade.  Check for the loop on the left side of the mint mark.  A powerful magnifying Glass is required.

1945-S/Horizontal S Mercury Dime

1947-S Extra Dot on Reverse. (Courtesy of Gary Voyles)

1947-S/D FS-501 (Courtesy of Gray Voyles)

1948-S/S Roosevelt Dime

1950-S/S Roosevelt Dime (Courtesy of Gary Voyles)

1964 FS-801 Washington Quarter.

Heavy doubling on QUARTER DOLLAR.

1971-S Eisenhower 40% Silver Dollar Proof Peg Leg.  The two letters shown below are Peg Leg R on the left, and a normal R on the right.