Almost missed a silver in a dime box

[santafeboy]

I finished a $500 box of clear wrapped dimes today ( 3 total found) I spotted the silver edge of a 1947 readily, as I pulled it out I noticed strong goldish toning on the dime next to it which turned out to be a 1964. 2 silvers side by side. What struck me was the goldish edge had I not spotted the 1947 I might have passed this up as just another clad. This story gets odder on around roll 90 a similar goldish edge coin caught my attention turned out to be a 1952 S. The point of all this is dont just look for the obvious silver edge pay closer attention to reeding and toning

 

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[Generic_Lad]

Yep, always check those rims that look "dirty" or toned.

Happy Hunting

 

[thurmownator]

Ditto, silver can often tarnish very dark; especially on the edges of dimes.

Nice finds.

 

[Theolog]

I finished a $500 box of clear wrapped dimes today ( 3 total found) I spotted the silver edge of a 1947 readily, as I pulled it out I noticed strong goldish toning on the dime next to it which turned out to be a 1964. 2 silvers side by side. What struck me was the goldish edge had I not spotted the 1947 I might have passed this up as just another clad. This story gets odder on around roll 90 a similar goldish edge coin caught my attention turned out to be a 1952 S. The point of all this is dont just look for the obvious silver edge pay closer attention to reeding and toning

I don't look for Silver edges. I look for copper edges. If I can't clearly see a coppper tone to the edge of a coin (or the copper/nickel divide), I always look at the date. Many a' 40% half that I have found were actually brown looking on the edge. I would not have gotten them if I were only looking for silver edges. Also, clearly 1/3 of the dmes I have found this year were almost black on the edge and I would have missed them if I were only "looking" for silver edges.

 

[WormtownFJR]

Take it one further. Look for any solid color edges. 99.99+% of the dimes you look at will be have the two tone silver/copper. Dates search anything is questionable. Harder to do with brinks rolls as you have to squeeze the roll out.

 

[ancesthntr]

Ditto on looking for the non-copper edges. Most are just dirty copper, but it certainly pays to check (else why would we be doing this whole CRHing thing in the first place?).

Note that I have yet to find a silver in the plastic-wrapped rolls, after more than $1,000 worth. I've gotten 3 silvers from about $200 of (apparently) CWRs. I will keep trying.

 

[clovis97]

I almost missed one last week, so don't feel bad.

I am meticulous when searching, and just before I dropped that roll into the bucket, there it was, an ender. Very dirty and dark, but not black like many silvers you see.