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CopperFinder
Penny Sorter Member
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 Posted - 10/03/2009 : 02:11:47
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I am thinking of getting rolls of dimes to find silver dimes. Is it worth it? Is there enough in circulation to go hunting?
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 02:25:23
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It happens. I go through a few $100 a week and find a few silvers. Is it worth it? The return is not spectacular, but dimes are much easier to get than halves, and they are not totally hunted out. With the economy in downturn more of the older coins are getting turned in at the banks and the odds are a little better than they were a few years ago. Who knows, you could get a visit from the Silver Santa and get a solid roll of silver.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 10:18:56
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if you ask blugill its worth it. check out his recent find |
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Mcprice302
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 10:30:37
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The only reason I've never done it is the fact I use an automated coin counter to dump, and as you might know if you've ever sorted pennys, sometimes the dimes will get credited as a penny. As someone else here said, it would cancel out almost all gain if that happens.
However, if you can get boxes of dimes in the clear wrapping, then you could just edge sort without ever opening anything without silver and return the boxes as you got them except one or two rolls which you would have to roll back up yourself. Some others on this board gave me the idea this week, and I think I'll try it myself as halves have been unobtainable lately for the most part in my area. |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 10/03/2009 : 10:49:16
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Originally posted by Mcprice302
However, if you can get boxes of dimes in the clear wrapping, then you could just edge sort without ever opening anything without silver and return the boxes as you got them except one or two rolls which you would have to roll back up yourself. Some others on this board gave me the idea this week, and I think I'll try it myself as halves have been unobtainable lately for the most part in my area.
That's how I do it. It's so much easier than halves.  You can search a box in a few minutes to find the plastic wrapped rolls that show silver. I use a 3X plastic magnifier to scan the plastic rolls. The one or two rolls you open are the only ones you need to put in dime paper wrappers yourself. Put the other rolls right back into the box and return them all to the dump bank. Unlike halves, banks need dimes for their business customers. I limit my dime returns to $1000 per branch.
You can expect to find one silver dime per $250 box on average. I'd recommend putting in a dime order, just like you would with halves, with the head teller of your source bank if you plan to get many boxes of dimes. You don't want to drain bank branches so that they don't have any dimes for their commercial customers. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 15:19:13
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| Dimes are the easiest and fastest denomination for me to sort. I usually end up getting them in paper, so I have to open them to check them. I pour a roll out in my hand.. edge check it real quick.. then drop it in one of my automatic coin rolling machines and hit the button. Very convenient.. and the banks like my nice, neat bank wrapped rolls. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 15:58:41
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 16:47:40
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Originally posted by CopperFinder
I am thinking of getting rolls of dimes to find silver dimes. Is it worth it? Is there enough in circulation to go hunting?
Yes.
Been searching dimes for about a year now. So far I have found 201 Rosies, 26 Mercuries, 22 Ag Canadians and 1 Barber.
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 16:50:40
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I suggest a part-time job. Or how about a paper route? You could use the money you earn to BUY silver dimes instead of wasting all that time and effort sorting thousands of rolls to get a few silver dimes.
If you prefer the hunt, may I suggest a metal detector? Now THAT is fun. I had one years ago that was very primitive but I still found a Barber Dime and all sorts of things like musket balls and jewlery. The modern metal detectors will blow your mind away. They tell you what the metal is before you even have to dig. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 19:02:05
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Originally posted by slickeast
I need a coin wrapping machine.
With 3 of them.. you don't even have to change the paper.
CuproNickle is right. A part time job would give you a better return on your time.. and you could just buy the silver from other members. Where is the fun in that, though? Good thing this is just a hobby. Metal detecting is fun too. I have one of those detectors.. a White's Spectrum. The paper route would pay better here too.. but it is hard to quantify the fun factor! Besides, I get up too early for the regular job.. I don't want to get up any earlier to deliver papers. I can sort any time of the day and night I feel like. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 20:14:19
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| Hoard is right. It's the fun of discovery that drives us to search. Even if the results are meager, even if you've got a mountain of silver already, finding another silver dime is always tintillating. |
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 20:23:09
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| From a pure money stand point I would have to say no, it is not worth it. Unless of course you haven't anything else that could provide more money for you. But if you enjoy doing so as a hobby then yes, the enjoyment alone could be worth it. |
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george454
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 10:07:30
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However, if you can get boxes of dimes in the clear wrapping, then you could just edge sort without ever opening anything without silver and return the boxes as you got them except one or two rolls which you would have to roll back up yourself. Some others on this board gave me the idea this week, and I think I'll try it myself as halves have been unobtainable lately for the most part in my area.
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Can someone start a new post or explain in here on how to edge check dimes im tierd of hand sorting then rolling.
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george454
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 10:11:10
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However, if you can get boxes of dimes in the clear wrapping, then you could just edge sort without ever opening anything without silver and return the boxes as you got them except one or two rolls which you would have to roll back up yourself. Some others on this board gave me the idea this week, and I think I'll try it myself as halves have been unobtainable lately for the most part in my area.
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Can someone start a new post or explain in here on how to edge check dimes im tierd of hand sorting then rolling.
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psi
Penny Collector Member
Canada
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 10:54:23
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| Non-silver "clad" U.S. dimes and quarters have a layer of copper sandwiched between two layers of nickel, which usually can be seen as a stripe on the edge. Edge sorting is just looking at the edges of the coins for ones without the stripe that may be silver. |
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