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Offline DREDIOCK

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« on: June 04, 2006, 08:46:58 PM »
Was getting ready to pay for somthing at the store the other day and was about to hand over a dime with the change I owed when I noticed something different about it.

Its sheen was off and it had no copper sliver when looking at it from the side.

Turns out it was a 1964 Roosevelt dime.
the last year Dimes were made using 90% silver.

Average seeling prices of these things now are....

$2.00

Yippie Im Rich!

LOL
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2006, 11:20:57 AM »
Here`s a quarter. Go call someone who gives a ............................. ...
............................. ............................. ............................. .......................
........Ummmmmmmm nice find.
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2006, 11:35:09 AM »
yep, all dimes 1964 and older are 90% silver.  was at a coin store the other day and there was a guy who was offering 13 rolls of old dimes.. the coin dealer offered him 1200 dollars for them... i was searching through all my change jars looking for treasures.. ha ha ha
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2006, 11:36:02 AM »
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Here`s a quarter. Go call someone who gives a ............................. ...
............................. ............................. ............................. .......................
........Ummmmmmmm nice find.


you know there is a wisconsin quarter out there with a mistake on it... it will fetch about 3000 dollars....... interesting.....
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2006, 12:18:16 PM »
hmmm i got about 20 of those silver dimes, and about 20 silver quarters too.

i got 3 silver certificates too ($1 bills from 1919 some dumb-ass kid came in to buy smokes with at a gas station one day LOL) i hear those are worth $10 each minium.
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« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2006, 12:22:12 PM »
as for the silver certs.. they range in prices due to date and condition.. if there is one crease in the bill, its value is decreased.  I have alot of them.  I know what you mean about kids spending rare money.. my wife worked at a gas station and she used to get me alot of old currency, thats how i got all the United States Notes (red seal).
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2006, 12:23:33 PM »
Working in retail, I see old coins on a regular basis. I had a couple jars full of old coins and bills until my stepdaughter and her punk arse druggie friends stole them.
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2006, 12:37:00 PM »
Dred, I got 1964 dime about 3 weeks ago out of a vending machine.  I also have a 64 kennedy half dollar, 1934 $10, a couple of $1 and $5 silver certificates,  and bunchs and bunches of old pennies and nickles, oldest penny I ever had was 1918, but it was lost.
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« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2006, 12:39:43 PM »
Not sure what these are worth, or even where to look it up...I received these from my Grandmother when I was 10. They are consecutive years beginning in 1957 through 1965 (1961 is missing) and they are literally in "Mint" condition in their original plastic sleeves with the original envelopes.







I figure by the time I'm 80 they might be worth something.
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« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2006, 12:58:14 PM »
Ripsnort, mint sets have some good value to them.. if you  have some in the 50s youre talking some good bucks.. ill be able to list the prices for you once i get home and look them up.
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2006, 01:58:21 PM »
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Not sure what these are worth, or even where to look it up...I received these from my Grandmother when I was 10. They are consecutive years beginning in 1957 through 1965 (1961 is missing) and they are literally in "Mint" condition in their original plastic sleeves with the original envelopes.

I figure by the time I'm 80 they might be worth something.


Jeebus dude, does the envelope from SF (65) have a SF minted coin set in it?  65 was the first year they started producing coins again (they make the special run coins you see advertised on TV).  If they did a "set" when they started up again in 65, that might be worth some money, since they didnt make regular production coins there after 55 I think.
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« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2006, 02:40:20 PM »
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Jeebus dude, does the envelope from SF (65) have a SF minted coin set in it?  65 was the first year they started producing coins again (they make the special run coins you see advertised on TV).  If they did a "set" when they started up again in 65, that might be worth some money, since they didnt make regular production coins there after 55 I think.

Yes, its an originally minted set from S.F. Here is the card inside the envelope with the coins:

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« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2006, 02:41:20 PM »
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Ripsnort, mint sets have some good value to them.. if you  have some in the 50s youre talking some good bucks.. ill be able to list the prices for you once i get home and look them up.
Appreciate it. I doubt I'll sell them until I retire, but it'd be nice to know what they're worth. I may have to put them in my safe deposit box rather than the safe at home.
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2006, 02:59:40 PM »
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Yes, its an originally minted set from S.F. Here is the card inside the envelope with the coins:


Dude, I think I'm gonna cry.  I dont know what coin collectors are like nowdays, I havent actively collected stuff in a long time.  People used to absolutely go NUTS for SF coins.  Granted,  you dont have a set there from when they were still minting standard coins, but having a set from the first year they started operating again is pretty cool.  Having something from the old mint would be even better, and ALOT more valuable (pre-34).  But thats certainly a nice set to have, for a "modern" set.  Way up there in the "coolness" setting.  :)
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« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2006, 03:42:44 PM »
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