Thought MERC's were a gonner!!

Dozer D · Jan 8, 2017

Just when you think that you might NEVER FIND another Merc in the wild, just this week I found 2 in the same box including 2-Rosie's. The last time I found a Merc was back in August'2016. These two were a 1937-D(good), and a beautiful 1944-P(ext.fine) condition. The 44 is going in my personal folder as a KEEPER. I guess the terminology "they are still out there" applies, just a matter of luck & timing. HH, DozerD

NoThisIsPatrick · Jan 8, 2017

Pics please!

retire05 · Jan 8, 2017

Nice finds! They definitely seem to be getting more scarce in y neck of the woods. Glad to see they are still out there somewhere. Enjoy!!

port ewen ace · Jan 8, 2017

never say never------just when you get ready to_____________IT HAPPENS :laughing7:

cdickrun64 · Jan 8, 2017

I found a 19-s just a couple weeks ago

Death&Taxes · Jan 9, 2017

one time I was travelling through Vermont and stopped at a small-town bank. They had $300 in CWR dimes... bought them all. They were full of Canadian, but it was worth it because one shotgun roll had three mercs in it, a 17, 18-D, and 37. Sadly, they were all cull. HH

Tommybuckets · Jan 9, 2017

My luck with dimes is really fickle. A few weeks ago I bought three rolls from a small bank and all three had silver. A few weeks later I was able to get to the branch again and they had only three left. Out of the three rolls all rolls had silver and I got seven silvers and one was a Merc but not nice condition or year (44). I get more Mercs with the metal detector than CRH. I have been hitting dimes and Nickels hard in 17. First $20 I got a 52 dime. Then I went through $250-$300 approx. picking up $10-$20 from each branch and some Nickels. I got two war nickels but skunked out on dimes. I cleaned out the bank that I got the one 52 from and nothing. I follow you since you seem hot on dimes and was meaning to ask if you do better with CWR or MWR? I always hawk the teller tray and have never seen any silver dimes but my eye sight is terrible. I do mostly CWR hoping for more concentrated silver but recently have been doing a mix of MWR and CWR. I already push my dump banks hard so I am not trying to overwhelm them with a new challenge by doing boxes. I dump dimes and nickels $100 at a time while searching for halves and so far no complaints. Glad you are still getting into them. Keep up the good work.

Dozer D · Jan 9, 2017

NoThisIsPatrick said:
Pics please!

Pics of the Merc's as you asked:

Tommy: I've been trying to get CWR's were possible hoping to hit a collection dump. Results are about the same between the two sources.

port ewen ace · Jan 9, 2017

run a small magnet over CWR dime rolls before you leave the bank---if it sticks in more than one spot, give the roll back & advise the teller about Canadian dimes being magnetic. got stuck with $8 in Canada junk dimes from $50 in CWR rolls :BangHead:

some customers get off by stiffing banks with short rolls & foreign garbage. my rolls were from city parking meters that ate the coin with no time added (my test of the theory proved true).

Death&Taxes · Jan 9, 2017

port ewen ace said:
run a small magnet over CWR dime rolls before you leave the bank---if it sticks in more than one spot, give the roll back & advise the teller about Canadian dimes being magnetic. got stuck with $8 in Canada junk dimes from $50 in CWR rolls some customers get off by stiffing banks with short rolls & foreign garbage. my rolls were from city parking meters that ate the coin with no time added (my test of the theory proved true).

That's a good idea. I was going into Canada anyway, so I was able to get rid of all those pesky steel things quickly. I am not one for Canadian money because they got rid of the penny and all of the currency is made of cheap plastic.