I normally don't buy Mercury dimes unless I can get a really good per-ounce price because they always look and feel a lot lighter than the same quantity of Ag Roosevelts. Have any of you weighed, say, a roll of Mercurys and a roll of silver Roosies to see what the difference is?
You would normally get more actual silver weight with the Roosies than the mercs because of wear. Put 50 of each in tubes and see how they measure up against each other.
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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They weighed the same when they were shipped from the mint. But, the older the coin the more times it has bumped the harder steel folding knife that was in the same pocket, or chrome plated fliver key, and the more Ag has worn away.
Buy EF or better Mercuries. you will have to pay more than silver value though, but they are pretty.
-SWUSC
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Weight of Mercurys vs. Ag Roosevelts
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Posted - 09/03/2008 : 01:10:35
I'll take silver any way I can get it, as inexpensive as I can get it.
