New to dimes ... they really are out there ! w/ questions and observations...

[Argentium]

This week on a whim I tried dimes for the first time in nearly 40 years , and have been pleasantly
surprised - filled a 50 dime tube in the first two days - admittedly my first box of dimes was
well above the averages I've seen you guys posting for a dime box (between 1--3 per box)
My first had 35 ! Over the last few days I've probably done 15 boxes - I've skunked out on
close to half of these and the rest have given up 1 to 4 silvers per box . I have yet to find a
merc . One observation I think is noteworthy - Many of the boxes of dimes I get are the clear
plastic wrapped rolls , but I am regularly pulling 1 to 3 silvers from these ! I understand that
these are not dream quantities , but It is worth noting that we can pull silver regularly , even
from these plastic wrapped rolls . Dimes are way easier to recycle than halves ! because if
you get lots of plastic rolled , you don't need to open the majority , and most banks will cash
you out over the counter with no teller hassles - Question - I've seen some of you talking
about 2009 dimes being worth more than face value - please enlighten me about this !
is it a particular mint ? or all 2009 dimes ? thanks Argentium . (ps if you are burned out
on halves , try dimes !)

 

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[Rich Hartford]

This week on a whim I tried dimes for the first time in nearly 40 years , and have been pleasantly
surprised - filled a 50 dime tube in the first two days - admittedly my first box of dimes was
well above the averages I've seen you guys posting for a dime box (between 1--3 per box)
My first had 35 ! Over the last few days I've probably done 15 boxes - I've skunked out on
close to half of these and the rest have given up 1 to 4 silvers per box . I have yet to find a
merc . One observation I think is noteworthy - Many of the boxes of dimes I get are the clear
plastic wrapped rolls , but I am regularly pulling 1 to 3 silvers from these ! I understand that
these are not dream quantities , but It is worth noting that we can pull silver regularly , even
from these plastic wrapped rolls . Dimes are way easier to recycle than halves ! because if
you get lots of plastic rolled , you don't need to open the majority , and most banks will cash
you out over the counter with no teller hassles - Question - I've seen some of you talking
about 2009 dimes being worth more than face value - please enlighten me about this !
is it a particular mint ? or all 2009 dimes ? thanks Argentium . (ps if you are burned out
on halves , try dimes !)

Yes the 2009 dimes are woth money. I found a box of them last year and sold them on E-Bay by the roll. The highest bid I got was about $67.00 for a roll. The lowest was about 28 bucks. I think they are going for less now but still alot of money.
Last year I did a lot of dimes. Just started again this month. Normally I'll do boxes,Bags and Handrolls.
Handrolls seem to produce the most keepers. Bags are next. Boxes produce 1-4 keepers but they get me the Mercs and Barbers.
Never had a great score with dimes. Got a box once with 7 Mercs and a Barber. They are fun to do,easy to dispose of, and that little bit here,little bit there adds up.
HH
Rich

 

[Argentium]

Re: New to dimes ... they really are out there ! w/ questions and observations

Thanks Rich ! Back to those 2009 dimes - I just cashed in a box of them - because I didn't
know any better - they were seriously brilliant unc. - are certain mintmarks worth more ?
The cool thing with dimes, is that almost all the banks have boxes in house - so you can get em ,
dump em , and repeat the cycle several times in a day , unlike halves where you pretty much
have to special order them in any volume . Argentium.

 

[rileyboy]

2009 dimes on the east coast are hard to find. I've only gotten two so far.
rileyboy

 

[Kauka]

Re: New to dimes ... they really are out there ! w/ questions and observations

i'll have to seriously look at dimes now

 

[quiksilver]

As i replied before i get 2009 dimes all the time. Mostly in hand rolls but recently i got a couple in machine rolls also.