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biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 02:21 am Looks good, but much bigger pix and a shot of the edge would help. 99% of those pix should be cropped with http://www.irfanview.com free program. Report this Post to the Staff
mdj Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 3:16 pm Well I'm no expert either. But the Red Book says there are "curved, straight, ragged, incomplete, and elliptical clips." The example they show has sharp details right up to the edge of the clip. I know the pics aren't that good but that's the best I can do with my camera. The edge shows the pure copper middle, surrounded by the copper-nickel outer layers. Whether its clipped or post mint damage its the first I've come across. Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 3:38 pm Quote: But the Red Book says there are "curved, straight, ragged, incomplete, and elliptical clips." Well there you go, I don't know much about errors so I had no idea. Hope yours is actually a clipped planchet! Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 4:29 pm I wasn't trying to sound mean or anything when I mentioned what I mentioned a page back, just curious, and what the Red Book says makes me want to get out a few things I put aside in the past when I was unsure if they were errors or PMD. I wonder I wonder...... Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 6:58 pm well last page I mentioned all the dancing fruit and forgot to post mine after I told you about the 2 silver I pulled. I had $150 left to flip through but the edges were all clad. I must say I am very excited since I thought I would never come across this coin but alas, I have grabbed one at face value! I guess the fruit got jealous and needed to give me something to make them dance about! I will post pictures along with more dancing fruit after I finish eating this pizza, down a few beers, and watch the first period of the Sabres game. I found a 1996 W !!!! and it is in about uncirculated condition, great detail and pretty spotless as far as a circulated proof. This is my first west point coin and is now off the list of rare dimes I want to find from the wild. I still need to find: -a 1982 no p -any date barber -any modern silver proof Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 7:28 pm Quote: i used to know a lot of people who had rolls of them stockpiles from the switchover to clad. I'm sure with the economy that some of them are turning them in. I'm sure they are not. Anybody who bothered to save silver rolls back then surely would be aware of where the price of silver is now in relation to face value. Regarding searching dimes. I did it again. Every 6 months I say to myself "why don't I just pick up a box of dimes, there's something to be found, right" I have made a fool of myself again. Searching dimes is absolutely terrible. I never even get a single coin worth saving. Even if I did, the dates are hard to read, the coins are small to handle, and the series is just boring with having almost no interesting varieties or anything to look for. In 6 months from now, I'll lower my intelligence again and probably get another box. Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 8:13 pm yes dimes are a waste of time....even though I constantly pull 2-3 silver dimes, more times 3 silver dimes then 2 silver dimes as well as many proofs. Including this 1996 W I just found about an hour ago anyways here are the pics of the coins I think you can click on the images to make them bigger and see the 1996 W details 96 W obverse 52 reverse, 64 obverse 96 W reverse, 52 obverse, 64 reverse Awww heck one more time....this box deserves it Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 8:50 pm Quote: yes dimes are a waste of time....even though I constantly pull 2-3 silver dimes, more times 3 silver dimes then 2 silver dimes as well as many proofs. Including this 1996 W I just found about an hour ago Yeah, that's the only 1996 W you're ever gonna find. I will likely never find one. 3 silver dimes, which is more than I ever found, are worth what, $6. The whole rest of the box was probably a waste. So you scored 4/2500 or a rate of 0.16% success. Nickels and Cents provide so much more. Actual valuable dates. Myriad varieties. Much higher probability of finding errors. Even War Nickel silver. The dime score you just had would probably be equal in value to the worst nickel or cent box score I've ever had. What's funny is that my dime score is usually zero dollars so I agree, you did well. Just don't get why anybody, including myself, ever searches dimes. Report this Post to the Staff
Jdot Valued Member United States 139 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 9:14 pm I search them because I enjoy it.... Went through $100 in cwr and scored a 64d, nice way to spend a lunch break. Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 9:44 pm I dont understand why you are reading about and commenting on something you hate so much. Also what do you find that is so great in nickels? pre 1960 nickels? If so good luck selling those....what are you going to get $2.10 a roll? There are like 4 jeffersons that carry a premium other then the War Nickels, which might I add have less then half the amount of silver in a silver dime. Unless you are finding a semi key and a silver, or the 50 D, or 66 silver War Nickels per box (good luck selling them because they are harder to get rid of) then you are doing worse on the nickels then I am doing on the dimes. PS if you are selling silver dimes @ 2 dollars send me a PM maybe we can do some business. Thanks Now lets look at pennies. If you are a copper hoarder good for you I guess you can talk but if not a Wheat penny is worth how much? Most of what you will find will be 40s and 50s wheats which you can sell at what tops 10 cents. How many varieties and errors do you find that are that valuable. 1 per box would probably break us about even with my silver dimes. That is if you can find someone who wants to buy your error or variety. Silver is the easiest thing to sell. So now go over to your nickel and penny thread and leave us alone and happy here in the dime thread. Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 10:40 pm I came to the dime thread because I just finished a box of dimes and once again found absolutely nothing. My words may have been harsh, but it is significant for people to see that not everyone has good experiences searching dimes. On your find...at todays silver spot price, silver dimes are worth almost exactly $2. Also, try selling your 1996 W dime. It's not BU and anyone can easily obtain a BU example. You could lie and fool somebody, but if you were truthful and called it an AU, it's value is about $4...so you searched 2500 coins and have 4 total the are worth $10. This also seams to be a well above average score. Looking over this thread, many others indeed find none, or sometimes 1 silver dime. Nickels; I actually find 2-3 War Nickels per box and my record is 7. Some have also been AU War Nickels. I've actually never found a 50-D or 39D, but living close to SF, for some reason there are still XF/AU better date 'S' minted nickels in every box. 46-S, 49-S, 38-S. Those can even be sold by themselves for a bit. I find BU 82PD and 83PD all the time. BU dates from the 50's which can be sold for a bit. I always find some repunched MM, maybe a Cud, occasionally a variety. I don't bother selling any of it, but I don't think I could ever do worse than $10 if I did. btw, your facts were wrong, a War Nickel contains much closer to 3/4 of the silver compared to a pre65 dime, not less than half. So finding 3 War Nickels already is more silver than 2 dimes Cents; yeah there's the whole copper thing, but let's even forget about that. I find 60PD SD, bunches of wheats, many many 60's BU coins. Repunched MM again. There's always varieties. Once again, living by SF, I could usually put several high grade sets of 68-74 S minted cents together and although I don't know why, those sell easily on ebay for stupid premiums. Bottom line is, nickels and cents are just so much more fun. With dimes...other than silver, what is anybody even searching for. Roosies are the most boring series with the least amount of varieties, better dates, and even errors out of any series ever produced by the mint. This opinion is worth reading in this thread and I can post here as I just literally searched a box of dimes and it was horrible again, so my goal is a warn people of the pitfalls. It'll just mean more dimes for you to search, right. Edited by hesgut 12/30/2011 10:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 11:47 pm Quote: other then [sic] the War Nickels, which might I add have less then half the amount of silver in a silver dime. Two nickels contain .1125 oz vs .0723 for one dime. IOW, one nickel contains almost 78% as much silver as a dime, not less than half as much. Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 12/31/2011 12:46 am stupid arguments by both of us, go have fun doing what you do and we can all have fun with what we do. I also search quarters and find one silver per about 3 boxes....I should be shot for having so much wasted time clocked in while searching for coins for my collection. I forgot the main part of collecting something was to have fun. Report this Post to the Staff
Ricardocody Pillar of the Community United States 1204 Posts	Posted 12/31/2011 12:47 am Yes you did it ! I'm looking for a 96w and a 82p no p but I'm still looking . Congratulations its the 1st I ever heard about from roll searching ! Report this Post to the Staff
Ricardocody Pillar of the Community United States 1204 Posts	Posted 12/31/2011 12:43 pm $500 today = 63,64d and the machine made me $15.16 short ! Report this Post to the Staff
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