All you Dime Hunter and Jokesters - Joke is on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FreedomUIC

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Took this week off for a surgical procedure that is being done tomorrow at 8:00. To get my mind off of it I decided that it
was Road Trip Time!!!!!!!!!!!! Drove about 60 miles total and really didn't find anything but 3 68 40% kennedy's. Last
stop was right before my dump bank and I stopped in on a whim. No halves to be had so I asked for Customer Rolled Dimes.
The teller told me that she only had six available, did I want them. Well the answer of course is "YES"...:laughing7:


**Breakdown of years and MM's are in the thread further down**


Got out to my car and the first three that I looked at were these:

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Thought someone/somebody was playing a nice practical joke on the next CRH who happened to stop by. I didn't even
bother to open them right there because I knew it was just a cruel joke. Went to my dump bank and dumped what little
I had and headed home to check out the sixty dollars in Dimes.

First three rolls were skunks then I got to the three above. For those of you with a Pace Maker or are on High Blood Pressure
medicine please stop reading here, I refuse to be responsible for what happens after you see the next pic's.

First roll marked ROS-Silver:

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Could my luck be holding as I ripped apart roll number two of the ROS-Silver marked rool:

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Now I am really drooling as I try to rip open the Merc-Silver roll:

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Had to go outside and have a nice glass of COLD COLD water to cool down and of course a little cig...

Here is the take, 150 Silver US Dimes. 100 Roosevelt and 50 Winged Liberty Dimes.

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The silver Gods are smiling on me right now, hope it stays that way.
It will be at least three weeks before I can hit a window where I can get out again. This
will just have to hold me till then.

10.85 Toz of the ever so sweet hunting.

Rileyboy sums it up nicely - "It is still out there" - Used with copyright authority, Rileyboy enterprises 2012. :laughing7:

**UPDATE**

From the breakdown of the dates, it would appear that this was somebodys collection that got turned in. I am only doing the Winged Liberties, I already have a full Roosevelt Dansco in BU/Proof so they are merely junk silver.

1916-S (Heart about stopped when I seen the 1916, but alas the "S" was there just as big as all get out)
1917
1918
1920
1925 X 2
1926
1928
1929
1934
1936
1937 X 2
1938
1938-D
1939-D
1940 X2
1940-D
1941 X 4
1941-S
1942 X 6
1943 X 5
1943-S
1944 X 5
1944-S
1945 X 5
1945-S X 3
 

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strateloss

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WoW!! Very Nice Find!! Congrats and have a speedy recovery!!
 

Numismaniac

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Nice solid rolls! Hope you have speedy recovery. Can't wait to hear the dates on the mercs.
 

usernameerror

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Who in their right minds would deposit that. Even if you're no a collector you would at least know how rare Mercs are.
 

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Nice finds! Congrats!

I'm trying to make a full roll of dimes one by one. I like your way better!
 

SilverForBrains

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I'm not a religious man but sometimes the world has a way of working out for those going through tough times. Congratulations!!! I would never expect to find solid rolls of silver in those type of dimes rolls, I always look for the older type with the name of the bank printed on there
 

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i am so jealous! are you freakang kidding me! tomorrow I'm calling all my local banks for CWR dimes....

-im pissssed
 

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FreedomUIC

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I'm not a religious man but sometimes the world has a way of working out for those going through tough times. Congratulations!!! I would never expect to find solid rolls of silver in those type of dimes rolls, I always look for the older type with the name of the bank printed on there

The rolls were fairly abused and frayed, like they had been around for quite some time.
 

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What an awesome find! Really makes you wonder how many rolls like this are still out there, collecting dust...
 

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