Roosevelt Dimes Underrated?

What was in the thread, 63 and 64 proofs in cello.

Interesting. I am finding it exciting personally to be able to work on a series where the majority of the coins can be found in circulation, much like my Jefferson nickel set.

I actually went through several rolls recently of dimes and came across I think at least 3-5 2018-D coins. I suppose I could send them to you if you really wanted.

Very cool! I tried to send you a message, but you are not set up to accept messages. I did not figure it was acceptable to talk dollars on this subforum. I will hook you up for cheap if you are interested though. See if you can get your Private Messaging set up and contact me if you are interested in the two proofs in cello.

I suspect the biggest thing keeping the dimes down is that boomers have gradually lost our ability to see them. When I was younger the dimes were even more interesting than the quarters in circulation in some ways but by the time they got most interesting in the 90's because of their far higher attrition rates I had to get out my glasses to even read the date. Now I need to put on my strongest readers or use a glass to grade them.

There's a lot of new interest in dimes (especially roosies) at the grass roots level and I suspect a lot of it is coming from younger collectors. It was much easier to sell off my dimes than my quarters and they brought stronger prices.

Looking good!

There are numerous stoppers in the clad series including 1965 date silver, '71-D D/D, and 1975-S NMM PR. There are also numerous very tough coins like the other no-S Prfs, a smattering of PL's, numerous FB dates, and the '82-No P. This is not to even mention the difficulty of finding a really nice well made 1966 that is not SMS. There are numerous varieties in and out of mint sets and some are rare. Some are common but very desirable like the '68 DDO that can be found in mint sets.

There are many highly desirable and scarcer silver coins but unless you hold your standards very high there are no stoppers as in the clad series. Just finding a nice attractive well made 1982-P from newer dies is a task of near monumental proportion. You can't just order one online because the services pay little attention to strike quality and total visible detail. Most coins in high grade holders are pristine, not well made.

It would be interesting to see some wealthy person try to assemble a complete set. A lot of these coins could be bid up to much higher levels creating excitement and broader interest in the series.

Yep. Not into expensive errors and oddball coins personally that aren't in my album. I'm good with just business strikes for now.




Sorry! Lol. I've been looking through a few rolls here and there, though I don't really expect to find many silver dimes this way. Most of them are fairly cheap. So far, the most expensive one I've seen in terms of spots in the album was like 17 bucks.




Ah, sorry. Perhaps it would be. Thanks!
Where are you from again?

Not if you do not collect them, or even have a place for them in your album.