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1942/1-D 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS.

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1942/1-D 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS.
1942/1-D 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS.<p>Produced during the hurried conditions of the Second World War, a 1941 die was given a second impression with a 1942 dated hub and the Denver version of the 1942 overdate was created. Unknown until 1962, the D-mint overdate wasn't listed in a price guide until the 1963 edition of Frank Spadone's Major Variety and Oddity Guide. Very few Mint State pieces are extant today and high grade pieces such as this are all but unknown. This is a particularly well struck example with the doubling on the 4 especially pronounced and the 1 underdigit complete (though faint) from top to bottom. Brilliant and highly lustrous, there are no mentionable abrasions on either side of this impressive coin. In his notes that accompanied his Dime collection, Harold Kritzman wrote, "From the 'Odessa, Texas' mini-hoard as are (IMO) all the currently known Gems of this variety. In the mid 1970s, I began my quest to determine if a Gem example of the obscure 1942/1-D existed. Several AUs were then known. I owned what would be called an AU58 today. Most that were traded fell into the F-XF grade range. I ran several display ads with a detailed photo of the overdate in The Numismatist requesting to hear from anyone claiming to possess a Gem specimen of this variety, and even offering a bounty of up to $5,000 for the first one offered to me for sale. K.H. of Odessa, Texas, responded by first sending me photographs of his coin. Excited by what these photographs displayed, I asked that the actual coin be sent to me for examination. It was, indeed, a 1942/1-D in Gem 100% FSB condition. Wow! I happily purchased the coin. However, a short time later, a similarly graded specimen was offered in a Steve Ivy Auction and another in a New England Rare Coin Auction. I investigated and found that they were both from the same source as my coin. Happily, I also found that my coin came out of this collector's personal short set of 1934-1945 Mercury dimes. He had selected it from a half roll of what he initially thought were all ordinary 1942-D dimes, and had chosen mine as the 'best one' for his set. It was as a direct result of my ad in The Numismatist that he looked closer at the '1942-D' in his set and learned he had won the lottery! With the proceeds from his sale he bought a new car! A discovery most of us can only dream about!" Population: 7 in 66, 0 finer (10/01).The Harold and Jan P. Kritzman Collection. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of 200-250 per hour. Sometimes eBay Premier live bid software cannot keep up with that pace, so we strongly recommend that you place a realistic proxy bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Also please note that all Heritage/CAA lots purchased through eBay Premier carry a 20% Buyer's Premium.