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Dan52
Penny Collector Member
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 Posted - 12/10/2008 : 20:35:52
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I have talked a little about this in another thread but I figured this was an extraordinary event, that warranted a new thread. Last week, I bought several boxes of dimes. One box had 3 dimes which at the time was a record(for me). Another box had 7 dimes...another record. Monday, I went back to the same bank to try and get some more of the same kind of boxes (non-brinks) but the bank was out. I stopped at other banks and picked up a few boxes but after going one third the way into those boxes,...0 silver. I went this morning and got 2 more boxes from the bank that had ran out of the boxes I was looking for. I noticed that these boxes had the same date of inspection and the same inspector as did the 7 dime box. On the 6th roll of the first box, I found 2 silver dimes. I had never found more than one dime per roll. I stopped sorting and cut the inspection stamp out of the bottom of the box and took off towards the bank, stopping once to buy some candy for the tellers. I gave the candy to the teller that had sold me the 2 boxes with the desired inspection date earlier, and told her what I wanted to do. This was to buy all the boxes with that particular inspection date. They only had one more left but that was ok. I just finished the next box with the same number as the 7 dime box and it had a total of 32 silver dimes...31 roos and 1 merc. 2 rolls had 4 silver dimes each. Speaking for myself only, this is an extraordinary event. I have 2 more boxes of dimes with the same inpection date number as did today's phenomenal box. Up until these past few days, I have never found more than 2 dimes per box. I'm not sure what I have stumbled into, but I'm glad I did.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/10/2008 : 20:39:35
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Wow! Nice man. Record for sure.
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 07:36:03
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That is awesome. It would be interesting to know how they all ended up in circulation in such concentrated quantities. Congrats. 
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Kurr
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Dan52
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 15:10:56
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Bluegill wrote:
"It would be interesting to know how they all ended up in circulation in such concentrated quantities. Congrats."
Bluegill, I have speculated about that. I figure that maybe someone turned in their coin collection all at once, and the bank they turned them into must have been putting together a dime return bag. The dimes then found their way to the money center's coin handling apparatus...I envision a large hopper where the coins come out at the bottom and are mechanically rolled, rolled, and placed in boxes. Then they are inspected and dated. I have went through two thirds of the other two boxes with the same date and so far I have found 7 more silver dimes. Not anything like the 32 dime box but it shows a connection of sorts between the boxes. One of the things that I have been thinking about is the fact that its likely that another box with the same inspection date is up front with one of the tellers. The thing is I have really been imposing on this particular bank lately. I don't want to mess up a good thing so I gotta let it go now and be satisfied with what I got.
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 16:15:09
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Originally posted by Kurr
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Originally posted by Bluegill
That is awesome. It would be interesting to know how they all ended up in circulation in such concentrated quantities. Congrats.
(in the voice of "Rick James"... Meths a he**uva drug!
That was my first thought...
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 16:22:50
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| About 2 toz of silver in that very nice.... |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 17:40:31
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That would actually make it worth it to start looking through dime boxes.
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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pennyman
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 19:23:28
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ME CO
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 12/11/2008 : 19:44:02
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| Congrats. HH Mark |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 12/12/2008 : 10:11:29
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Dan52...very, very nice! Congratulations.
Continued success. |
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