1942/1 Mercury Dime. FS-101. MS-64 (PCGS). One of the most in demand overdates of the century and highly collected since its discovery and wide publication in March of 1943. After all, the overdate is so prominent its hard to miss and as soon as these dimes were released into circulation and the discovery was announced, those who could, sought them out. Only a tiny fraction of these exhibit the Full Bands designation in Mint State and the vast majority of those certified are circulated. Bathed in natural pearl-gray toning, the surfaces are outstanding, with the luster unbroken and close study with a strong loupe finds little more than a few trivial scuffs and nicks. An elegant and extraordinary coin for the connoisseur of this series. This issue is always in high demand when a Mint State coin appears, and when one of the finer examples that earns the Choice grade level crosses the block, well be prepared to have to fight to land this trophy, as many others desire its quality and charm.<br data-uw-rm-sr="" data-uw-styling-context="true" role="presentation" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:#333333;font-family:Avenir, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;" /><br data-uw-rm-sr="" data-uw-styling-context="true" role="presentation" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:#333333;font-family:Avenir, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;" />The overdate was created when these dies were made from the master hubs. Likely early in the year when the date was changing over from 1941 to 1942, the engraver initially began the hubbing process with a 1941 dated hub, then probably was interrupted by something, and returned with new orders to make 1942 dime dies. Hence the new hub went to work to form the die, and the process was completed. Both dates are perfectly aligned with the underlying 1 clearly seen below the open portion and left side of the 2. Even more remarkable was the later discovery of a 1942/1-D obverse that made its way to the Denver Mint via the same process, but these are not as obvious and were not discovered until much later.<p><br data-uw-rm-sr="" data-uw-styling-context="true" role="presentation" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:#333333;font-family:Avenir, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;" /><p><br data-uw-rm-sr="" data-uw-styling-context="true" role="presentation" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:#333333;font-family:Avenir, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;" />
