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MIhunter

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All of my half dollar veins are tapped out! I still pick up whatever loose and CWRs that I can find. I am finding 3-4 40%ers a month.

My new goal is 2-3 dime boxes a day, 6 days a week. Hopefully I will find 15-20 silver dimes a week.

So far:
Sunday
Box #1 - 2 FDRs
Box #2 - 3 FDRs
Monday
Box #1 skunk
Box #2 1 FDR
Tuesday
Box #1 4 FDRs and 1x1968 Canadian (50% Ag)
Box #2 1 FDR
Box #3 1 Merc (1944)
Wed
Box #1 skunk
Box #2 skunk
Thurs
Box #1 shunk
Box #2 2 FDRs
Box #3 shunk

Totals: 14 US silver dimes and one 50% Canadian dime
 

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Just from a quick look at some of your recent posts, it looks like you average about 2 silver dimes per box. That's great! A lot of us who do halves only average 1 40% per box, which is about the same silverwise. If I had your dime box numbers, I'd be doing more dimes too! Do you have a good dumping system? How many dimes did you find last year? Congrats on your niche.
 

baddbluff said:
Just from a quick look at some of your recent posts, it looks like you average about 2 silver dimes per box. That's great! A lot of us who do halves only average 1 40% per box, which is about the same silverwise. If I had your dime box numbers, I'd be doing more dimes too! Do you have a good dumping system? How many dimes did you find last year? Congrats on your niche.
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He is doing better than that. a box of halves is $500 and dimes are $250. it is like averaging 2 40%ers per $500.
 

My average is 1.5 silver dimes per box
I harvested 712 silver dimes last year. (mostly FDR, some mercury, some Canadian)

Thursday
Halves CWR $100: 1966, 1967, 1968D

Friday
Dimes Loomis Box: 1956
Halves Loomis Box: skunk

This weeks totals:
11 silver dimes (9 FDR, 2 Canadian)
4 40% US Halves
 

Friday
Dimes Brinks Box: 1961
Halves $190: skunk (unless anyone thinks I should be keeping post 2001 halves b/c i found a 2007)
Nickels $2: skunk
Pennies: $2: 1951 S

Saturday
Dimes Brinks Clear Rolls Box: skunk
Halves $90: skunk
Pennies: $4: 1941, 1955
 

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Sunday
Dimes CWR $190: 1964

Nickels CWR $78: 1938S, 1939x2, 1939S, 1940D, 1953Dx2

Pennies CWR $49: Wheats: 1926, 1942x2, 1946, 1952, 1952D, 1953, 1953D, 1958
Canadian: 1947ML, 1960-4x8, 1965-79x28, US Dimex1
 

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MIhunter said:
Sunday
Dimes CWR $190: 1964

Nickels CWR $78: 1938S, 1939x2, 1939S, 1940D, 1953Dx2

Pennies CWR $49: Wheats: 1926, 1942x2, 1946, 1952, 1952D, 1953, 1953D, 1958
Canadian: 1947ML, 1960-4x8, 1965-79x28, US Dimex1
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Looks like you're having a lot of success with the CWR's. I asked a few banks if they had any CWR's and they didn't know what I was talking about. One teller tried to sell me the Coin Wrappers. I might have to hit up some CU's tomorrow.
 

I mostly do boxes, but there are a few banks that I go to that get alot of CWR in. They are happy to sell to me to avoid paying a fee to ship them off. Be honest, speak to the vault teller, "I am a collector and I am looking for bank branches that get a lot of coin in and have to send it off to the vault." Set up a regular time to come in a buy all the coin they want to get rid of.

I have accounts at credit unions and certain banks that have free coin counters. That is were I dump.


Monday
Dimes
Loomis Box #1: skunk
Loomis Box #2: 1964

Tuesday
Dimes
Loomis Box #1: Canadian 1960 (80% Ag)
Loomis Box #2: 1953D, 1958, 1962D
Loomis Box #3: 1960D
CWR $200: 1954D dime and 1943D steel penny (1st time I found a penny in a dime roll that was worth > 10 cents!)

The steady grind goes on.
HH!
 

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I was doing fine searching dimes until a month ago. The last 16 boxes gave up nothing
 

Friday
dimes
CWR $100: skunk
too busy sledding with kids for coin stuff

This week
11 silver dimes
9 US and 2 Can (80%)
0.77 oz for $1.10
 

Tuesday
Nickels $50: Buff (no date)
String Dimes Box: All uncirculated 2012 dimes. What's your take on this? I saw they were going for a slight mark up on eBay. I just didn't fool with it and dumped the whole box without opening the rolls.

Friday
Nickels $50: skunk
Brinks Clear Roll Dimes Box: 1964
 

I had got a few roll of by 2012 I pulled a few and put them in 2x2s. I don't think the premium is enough to try and ebay them.
 

Sleepy Holow said:
Tuesday
Nickels $50: Buff (no date)
String Dimes Box: All uncirculated 2012 dimes. What's your take on this? I saw they were going for a slight mark up on eBay. I just didn't fool with it and dumped the whole box without opening the rolls.

Friday
Nickels $50: skunk
Brinks Clear Roll Dimes Box: 1964
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The US mint made 1.6 BILLION dimes in 2012 (from www.usmint.gov), they are very common.
Anyone can put nearly anything up for sale for whatever price they want. Only a fool would pay a premium for a coin that you can get for face at a bank
 

Went to a bank and a credit union yesterday. At the bank, I got a box full of CWR which I have yet to look through. At the credit union, they would only give me $20 in dimes and $4 in nickels. I wasn't expecting anything, but I was definitely wrong. Out of the dimes, I got a 53D in one roll and an extra $.60 in another. Out of the nickels, I got 1 pre 60 and 1 war nickel. From what I can tell the war nickel is a 44P but it's really worn so I'm not 100% sure. I wish I could always pull a silver every $20 in dimes and $4 in nickels!
 

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