The consistency of boxes of Dimes

silvercoinhunter · Mar 24, 2012

hey guys, how's everyone doing?
I've been searching boxes of dimes (done with 4 now) and have found only 1 silver dime per box.
Has anyone ever found more than this?
Letme know, and thanks for letting me share!
- michael

mfitzy111 · Mar 24, 2012

that is about average - your better bet (not to give away my secrets) might be to find an bank with out a machine- and ask for customer rolled coins- some people will bring in the best stuff- I found 37 dimes in one roll last month - that's not average though- but I heard a story from a cashier at a local hardware store that he found 16 rolls of silver quarters all from the same bank- so it's one way...boxes of stuff works too..good luck man.

ps. tell the banks you a coin hunter- and never sit in the lobby and search- that just makes the tellers mad. someone did this at one of my banks recently -and I heard all about it. UG! :P

SilverJack · Mar 25, 2012

Hopefully others will reply with better info than I can give as I don't record any stats concerning dimes.

But from my gut, I think I an average of 1 dime per box seems about right. Strangely enough, I don't get many boxes with 1 dime in it. I either get boxes with 2 or 3 or skunks. I have had 2 boxes with 5 and one boxe with 7 (that one was fun!). Never had a 6.

While many will suggest that CWRs will produce better, be aware that some folks will cram into the roll pennies or other crap and totally undercut any value you get when you find a silver dime. I guess it's all about risk reward because CWRs sometimes pay off bigtime.

I love the ease of dumping dimes. I can just walk in and exchange and there aren't too many questions. The one I get most often is "looking for silver?" to which I reply that I'm looking for anything collectable. They still hand over the boxes. But with halves, I've had too may tellers say sure and then hand over just the clad even when I can see the silver in their tills. That will give you the red ass.

Good luck!