DIMES

[MIhunter]

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

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[MIhunter]

Friday
Dimes
Box #1: skunk
Box #2: skunk
Box #3: skunk

Nickel Box: 1943P

For the week ending 4/27/14
ZERO silver dimes from 5 boxes
40% Half x1
War nickels x3 from 2.9 boxes
0.32 oz of silver for $0.65

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[MIhunter]

Sunday
Dime box: 1946 (a victory after so many skunks)

 

[MIhunter]

Monday
Dimes CWR $100: skunk
Halves CWR $370: 1967 x2, 1968D
Nickels CWR $40: skunk
Nickels Box: 1928 Buffalo

 

[MIhunter]

Tuesday

Dimes
Box #1: 1951
Box #2: 1948S, 1954S (same roll)
Box #3: 1951, 1957, 1964
CWR $155: 1964D

Nickels CWR $66: 1945S

Pennies CWR $14
Wheats: 1940-58 x9
Canadian: 1956, 1960-96 x93 (That is correct, one roll was solid Canadian copper)
1885 Austrian 1 Kreuzer (crusted over and barely readable, I will post a pic tomorrow)

 

[MIhunter]

Wednesday
Dimes
CWR $135: skunk
MWR $100: 1951, 1964D
Box: Canadian 1956

Nickels CWR $46: skunk

 

[MIhunter]

Thursday

Went to Canada for some CRH
Quarters MWR $100: skunk
Dimes CWR $100: 1970 AU
Nickels CWR $100:
KG VI: 1938, 1949, 1952 x2
QE II: 1959 x2, 1960-4 x44, 1965-81 x434 (including 1970 x3), 2000P

 

[SilverFace]

Wow, that's a huge Canadian nickel score!

Btw, whats special about the '70 Canadian coins? Are they low mintage?

 

[MIhunter]

1970 was a low mintage year for the Canadian nickel, dime and quarter but not the penny.

The mintage for 1970 nickel was 5.7 million and the second lowest QEII mintage (1st is 1955, 5.4 million).
I keep my 1965-81 nickels in bags as nickel bullion, but pull out the 1967s and 1970s.

The 1970 dime had a mintage of 5.2 million and is by far the lowest mintage nonsilver dime. It is the 2nd lowest mintage QEII dime (1st is 1954, 4.5 million)
It is the only nonsilver dime I keep, I have found 4 so far, all in Canada. This one is in the best condition.

The 2000-P (nickel plated steel) I found is also low mintage. Steel nickels weren't minted in high numbers until 2001. 1999P and 2000P were test coins for vending machines, parking meters and coin counters.

 

[SilverFace]

Congrats again on the great nickel score. And Im glad u told me about '99P and '00P Canadian nickels being low mintage - I'll make sure to keep any of those if I find any. I always keep any of the pre '82 Canadian nic's I find - which isn't too many (only found 2 so far this year) - but I sometimes spend the post '82's from time to time. So I'll watch for the '99's and '00's, but since they're low mintage I probably haven't/won't find any - but Im going to double check the dates of the ones I have.

Btw, I wonder how long it will be before the US Mint changes the composition of Jefferson nickels to steel. If and when they do, that would probably finally help the numis value of the pre-'60 nickels a little and make hoarding them more worthwhile.

 

[ThePt78Gamer]

[/QUOTE]Btw, I wonder how long it will be before the US Mint changes the composition of Jefferson nickels to steel. If and when they do, that would probably finally help the numis value of the pre-'60 nickels a little and make hoarding them more worthwhile. [/QUOTE]


Think how horrible it will be. The year they start doing that is probly the year they do it to the Quarter and dime, making us all be fooled by seeing white edges and forcing us to date check everything. I mean, I know it will be a few years before clad for god sakes starts becoming a lot less common in rolls, Its just that here and there we will start seeing the white edges only to find they are steel dimes. It saddens me.

 

[MIhunter]

Friday no coins

Totals for the week ending May 3
11 Silver dime (10 FDR, 1 Can 80%) from 7 boxes
3 40% halves
1 war nickel
1.3 oz of silver for $2.65

 

[MIhunter]

Sunday
Dime box: skunk
Nickel box: 1938, 1939, Canadian 1969 x3

Monday
Dime CWR $100: 1964D
Nickel CWR $80: skunk

 

[MIhunter]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box #1: 1964D
Box #2: skunk
Box #3: 1962D, 1964x2
Box #4: skunk

 

[MIhunter]

Wednesday
Dime CWR $100: 1964Dx2

Half dollar CWR/loose $25: 1964Dx2, 1965, 1967x2, 1968Dx2

Nickel CWR $38: 1939, Canadian 1964
Nickel box: Dateless Buffalosx2, 1944P

 

[MIhunter]

Thursday
Dimes
Box #1: 1946, Canadian 1964
Box #2: 1944 Merc, 1947, 1947D
CWR $50: 1960D

 

[SilverFace]

Looks like another really good week of finds with the dimes and halves too. I've only managed to find 2 40% so far this week. But I have another half box to search tonight - sure hope I can find a little something in there, otherwise I will have skunked on all 5 of my half boxes this week.

 

[MIhunter]

Friday - no coins

Totals for week ending May 11th, 2014
13 silver dimes (11 FDR, 1 Merc, 1 Can 80%) from 8 boxes
7 silver half dollars (2 90%, 5 40%)
1 war nickel from 3 boxes

2.45 oz of silver for $4.85

 

[starkizzle]

Good results! I'm following your advice and am working on upping my dimes HH

 

[MIhunter]

Sunday
Dime Box: 1954, 1964
Nickel Box:
Buffs: 1928D (AG3), 1937 x2 both Fine (That's a record for me, 3 Buffs with dates in a box)
Jeffs: 1938, 1939 x3
Canadian: 1973, 1974 x2, 1975, 1976

 

[MIhunter]

Monday
Dime $60 CWR: skunk
Nickel $20 CWR: skunk

Tuesday
Dime
Box #1: 1947, 1958D
Box #2: 1964
Box #3: 1964D

Nickel $100 CWR: 1943P x2, 1943D steel wheat penny, Canadian 1975