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1942 Overdates & Overmintmarks

1942/1 Mercury Dime

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Intriguing History

A Philadelphia working die for the 1942 dime was first hubbed with the old 1941 date, then re-hubbed with 1942, leaving the earlier digit clearly visible beneath the new one -- one of the most famous overdate errors of the twentieth century, popular enough that dealers were advertising it the same year it was struck.

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