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Entry Details

PCGS Number: 5037
Coin Date: 1942/1
Denomination (Short): 10c
Denomination (Long): 10 Cents
Desg: MS
Prefix: Key Variety
Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper
Mintage: 205,410,000
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Winged liberty head (Mercury) dime
Coinage Years: 1916-1945
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 17.9
Fineness: 0.9
Weight (Grams): 2.5
Weight (Ounces): 0.07234
Designer: Adolph A. Weinman
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Winged Liberty, or Mercury (the Roman god of commerce), is depicted facing left with LIBERTY spelled around the periphery. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left of the neck and the date is positioned just below the bust around 5 o'clock. The designer's initials "AW" appear to the right of the neck.
Reverse Description: A large torch is centered vertically adorned with an axe head and olive branches. UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN * ONE DIME * is spelled out around the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears near the bottom rim left of the torch.
General Notes: While the 1942/1 Mercury dime is relatively common in circulated grades and somewhat scarce with ordinary strike details in Mint State grades, this becomes an extremely rare variety with Full Bands details. Fewer than 100 Full Bands examples are thought to exist across all Mint State grades, and only two or three dozen are known in grades of MS65 or better. In 2010, one collector paid $63,250 for the opportunity to own one graded MS66FB by PCGS.
NGC ID: 23K4

1942/1 10c FB

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
AU55	$2,500.00
AU58	$3,500.00
MS60	$4,120.00
MS61	$5,000.00
MS62	$6,250.00
MS63	$15,000.00
MS64	$19,200.00
MS65	$55,200.00
MS66	$84,000.00
AU55 CAC	$3,000.00
AU58 CAC	$4,200.00
MS60 CAC	$4,950.00
MS61 CAC	$6,000.00
MS62 CAC	$7,500.00
MS63 CAC	$18,000.00
MS64 CAC	$23,000.00
MS65 CAC	$67,200.00
MS66 CAC	$120,000.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. The lone key date regular issue in the Mercury dime series is the 1916-D, although the ove	65	$40,800	09/03/24
	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS65 Full Bands PCGS. CAC.	65	$57,600	05/05/22
	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. MS-65 FB (PCGS). CAC.	65	$49,350	08/06/14
	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	65	$40,250	03/11/12
	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	65	$46,000	03/20/11
American Numismatic Rarities	1942/1 10c FB	65	$34,500	06/23/05
HA	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. The fabled 1942/1 is the	65	$34,500	01/10/04
HA	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. The fabled 1942/1 is the	65	$36,800	07/29/03
HA	1942/1 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS. This perennially popular	65	$24,150	03/01/03
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	65	$25,300	01/12/02
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	65	$36,800	10/06/00
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	65	$36,800	08/07/00
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	65	$14,025	03/04/95
	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS63 Full Bands PCGS.	63	$18,600	08/12/24
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS63 Full Bands PCGS.	63	$12,000	02/20/20
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS63 Full Bands PCGS.	63	$12,925	11/01/15
	1942/1 10C MS63 Full Bands PCGS.	63	$9,775	01/10/10
	1942/1 10C MS63 Full Bands PCGS.	63	$9,775	01/12/08
HA	1942/1 10C MS63 Full Bands PCGS. A thoroughly lustrous and beautifully preserved honey-gold example of this coveted key dat	63	$11,500	01/06/07
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	63	$5,520	06/08/02
	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS66 Full Bands PCGS.	66	$102,000	05/09/24
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS66 Full Bands PCGS Secure.	66	$57,600	01/10/19
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS66 Full Bands PCGS. CAC.	66	$120,000	01/04/18
	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS.	66	$76,375	01/11/16
	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	66	$60,950	01/09/11
	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	66	$63,250	08/15/10
	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS.	66	$71,875	09/21/08
HA	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. Ex: William Dominick and Joshua II PCGS Registry Sets. Other than the 1916-D, the 1942/1 i	66	$46,000	11/05/05
HA	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands PCGS. Ex: William Dominick and	66	$46,000	11/07/03
	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU58 Full Bands PCGS. CAC.	58	$3,360	11/17/23
	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU58 Full Bands PCGS.	58	$2,640	05/04/23
	1942/1 10C AU58 Full Bands PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (14/51). NGC Census: (0/14). CDN: $2,500 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS AU5	58	$5,520	04/25/21
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU58 Full Bands PCGS. CAC.	58	$2,377	04/06/17
HA	1942/1 10C AU58 PCGS. Well detailed with an especially	58	$1,265	07/29/03
	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS64 Full Bands PCGS.	64	$38,400	01/11/23
	10C 1942/1 PCGS MS64 FB	64	$12,338	09/27/18
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1942/1 10c FB	64	$12,075	05/28/06
HA	1942/1 10C MS62 Full Bands PCGS. This important Guide Book variety is a series key, being scarce in all Mint State grad	62	$4,200	04/21/20
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS62 Full Bands PCGS Secure.	62	$4,200	03/30/18
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 MS62 Full Bands PCGS.	62	$4,465	07/09/17
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1942/1 10c FB	62	$2,761	06/05/16
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU55 Full Bands PCGS. CAC.	55	$1,680	08/14/18
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1942/1 10c FB	55	$1,586	06/05/16
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU55 Full Bands PCGS.	55	$1,410	11/01/15
	10C 1942/1 PCGS AU55 FB CAC	55	$1,821	10/15/15
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU55 Full Bands PCGS.	55	$1,658	04/26/15
	1942/1 10c FB	55	$2,100	10/05/14
	1942/1 10C AU55 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	55	$1,645	03/02/14
	1942/1 10C AU55 Full Bands PCGS. FS-101.	55	$2,232	12/02/12
	1942/1 10C AU55 Full Bands PCGS.	55	$1,495	07/13/07
	1942/1 10C AU50 Full Bands PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (6/85). NGC Census: (0/14). Mintage 205,432,336.	50	$1,800	04/29/18
	1942/1 10C AU50 Full Bands PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/83). NGC Census: (0/14). Mintage 205,432,336.	50	$660	11/04/17
	1942/1 10C AU50 Full Bands PCGS. PCGS Population (5/81). NGC Census: (0/13). Mintage: 205,432,336. Numismedia Wsl. Price fo	50	$1,175	02/23/16
	1942/1 10C AU50 Full Bands PCGS. PCGS Population (5/81). NGC Census: (0/13). Mintage: 205,432,336. Numismedia Wsl. Price fo	50	$999	01/11/16
	1942/1 10C AU50 Full Bands PCGS. PCGS Population (6/57). NGC Census: (0/14). Mintage: 205,432,336. (#5037)	50	$1,495	11/10/11
	1942/1 10c PCGS AU50	50	$1,236	12/13/04
	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. AU Details--Cleaning (PCGS).	0	$494	06/23/17
	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. VF Details--Cleaning (PCGS).	0	$329	08/15/16
HA	1942/1 10C FS-101 AU53 Full Bands PCGS.	53	$1,292	05/01/16
	1942/1 10C AU53 Full Bands PCGS. Modestly worn with considerable remaining luster on surfaces that show light, wispy abrasi	53	$1,265	06/02/07
	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. MS-60 FB (PCGS).	60	$2,585	04/01/16
HA	1942/1 10C, FB	60	$1,375	07/27/93
	1942/1 10C VF30 Full Bands PCGS. PCGS Population (1/76). NGC Census: (0/13). Mintage: 205,432,336.	30	$470	10/13/14
HA	1942/1 10C XF45 Full Bands PCGS.	45	$862	01/18/05
HA	1942/1 10C XF45 PCGS.	45	$748	12/13/04
Stacks Bowers	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. MS-63 FB (NGC).	63	$5,875	08/01/17
Stacks Bowers	1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. MS-63 FB (NGC).	63	$7,344	06/23/17
HA	1942/1 10C Fine 12 NGC. NGC Census: (0/13). PCGS Population (0/88). Mintage: 205,432,336.	12	$352	12/22/15
HA	1942/1 10C MS66 Full Bands NGC. FS-010.7. One of the finest examples of this overdate to survive, and a very rare coin inde	66	$33,350	09/24/05
HA	1942/1 10C MS64 Full Bands NGC. FS-010.7. The first of	64	$6,003	03/01/03

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