5000 Mercs

[MichiganRob]

5000 Merc's

Hey guys

My brother was over to the house yesterday and I was showing him the 1925 Merc I had found...SO he says it's very nice but he's seen a lot of Merc's lately. My niece, his daughter is a teller at a local bank here and she calls him last week and says she has a bag of Mercury Dimes, $500.00 face value that a lady brought in and cashed out. He rushes down and buys the bag at face $500.00.

I don't know if my math is right but a Silver dime is about $1.20 melt value so 5000 Merc's must be worth about $6,000 dollars just melt plus whatever numismatic value any of them might have. Thought you all might like this story. I haven't seen em yet but I'll try and get a picture for ya

HH
MichiganRob

 

[DAS7NY]

Re: 5000 Merc's

That's a find of a lifetime! He should check the dates! Maybe a 1916D if he's THAT lucky!

 

[aa battery]

Re: 5000 Merc's

OMG

 

[willy1970]

Re: 5000 Merc's

W W, congrats to your brother! And here I thought
there would be a catch to the title of the post.

Would love to see a pic of them.....

 

[mountainman 2]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Congrats to your brother, that's incredible. Please keep us updated and what he finds in there.

 

[UTcoinshootR]

Re: 5000 Merc's

How could someone possibly turn in a bag of silver for face? She must have had alzheimers or something.

 

[Silver Stripe]

Re: 5000 Merc's

I have dreams like that. HH Mark

 

[alpha105]

Re: 5000 Merc's

How could someone possibly turn in a bag of silver for face? She must have had alzheimers or something.

I saw a teller take at least $200 in ben/walker halves and hide them in the closet under his drawer, where they keep the larger bills. No doubt keeping em for himself......an older lady cashed said in for face.

 

[obediah]

Re: 5000 Merc's

ASTONISHING !

 

[ugotit22]

Re: 5000 Merc's

please get a pick lol

 

[TxTim]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Good gawd!!!!
Dream bag - Certified!!!!

 

[Ju8vP3t]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Get us a Pic, dumped out and piled high on a table......that'll be a banner nominee...

 

[Jimmy@romega]

Re: 5000 Merc's

I usually see mercs go for 1 a piece on ebay in lots. 50 of them brings 50-55, 100 usually brings 100-110. This would bring around 5,000 on ebay an easy 4,500 profit. There might be a chance of GEM BU ones in there if not the king of mercs 1916d. If it was me I would get the XF's or better and sell them individually also the key dates and leave the VG non key dates and sell them in lots of 500 or 250.

 

[FingerGrime]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Wow!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Re: 5000 Merc's

GREAT SCORE! But, I would not sell! FFD

 

[Ifyndit]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Around here dealers are paying 12x face for 90% US silver. If you have a larger quantity sometimes a little more. Good $6,000 score........I wish I could make $5,500 on a $500 investment!

Check for 42 over 1 also. Could be a few hiding in there!

 

[Scalper]

Re: 5000 Merc's

Unreal ... wow what a dream score ... kudos to your brother for a once in lifetime score .. and your math is on the $$$ looking at feebay common Mercs are going for $1.25 approx. ,Ed

 

[Goes4ever]

Re: 5000 Merc's

if the teller would have not been his daughter, I highly doubt if any customer would have ever saw those dimes!

 

[cyberdan]

Re: 5000 Merc's

his daughter is a teller at a local bank here and she calls

All I ever get from my daughter where she works are cookies.
But they sure are good

 

[alabamadan]

Re: 5000 Merc's

I'm happy for you, but feel a little bad for the little ol' lady. I'm surprised at how different the reaction here is for dimes vs the gold coins a while back.