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1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. Ex: William Dominick 1942/1[10C] MS66 Full Bands PCGS.

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1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. Ex: William Dominick 1942/1[10C] MS66 Full Bands PCGS.
<B>1942/1<10C> MS66 Full Bands PCGS.</B></I> Ex: William Dominick and Joshua II PCGS Registry Sets. Other than the 1916-D, the 1942/1 is the best known key date in the Mercury Dime series. It is slightly scarcer as a Full Bands Gem than its 1942/1-D counterpart, and the overdate is much bolder. This famous variety was produced sometime within the last four months of 1941. The Philadelphia Mint was apparently pushed to the limit of its coinage capacity as the United States geared up its economy to meet the challenges of World War II. Over 300 million Dimes were struck in 1942, the highest mintages of the denomination to that date. Two obverse dies for the Mercury dime were impressed first with a 1941-dated hub, and then with a 1942-dated hub. One of these dies, the more dramatic of the two, was used to coin an undetermined number of 1942/1 dimes at the Philadelphia Mint. The other was shipped west to the Denver Mint. By March of 1943, the <I>Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine</B></I> had published a discovery article about the overdate submitted by Arnold Kohn of Kingston, New York. Despite the short amount of time before this error was discovered, and the resulting scramble by collectors to find as many examples as possible, few coins have come down to today's specialists in truly spectacular levels of preservation. According to Walter Breen, most Uncirculated examples of this variety are from four rolls discovered in 1954.<BR>The present premium Gem has blazing luster and light olive and honey-gold color. Although not razor-sharp, the strike is decidedly above average, and the surfaces are nearly pristine. It is pedigreed to the Joshua II and William Dominick Mercury Dime with Varieties PCGS Registry Sets, which are ranked #1 and #2 all-time. Population: 6 in 66, 0 finer (10/05).<BR><I>From The Jack Lee Collection, III</B></I>