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Valued Member
Canada
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Be sure to keep an eye out for the "king" of Canadian dimes, the 1969 Large Date. It will have the same large font size as the 1968, not to be confused with the very common 1969 small date.
FYI: The mintage of 1970 dimes is 5,249,296. This is fairly scare compared to previous and future years: 55,833,929 for 1969, 41,016,968 for 1971, 60.1 million for '71 (Source: Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 2008).
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Valued Member
 Canada
386 Posts |
Although, searching dime rolls is not as exciting as nickel and penny rolls, I go through quite a few every couple of weeks.
In my last batch of 3500 dimes searched, I found 1 x 1960 Cdn silver, 2 x 1970 and over 50 US copper clad dimes.
Besides silver, as gawd0wns mentioned the 1969 large date (extremely rare) and 1970 dimes are worth keeping an eye out for.
I would also add to the list, 2000P dimes. These are extremely rare. I have never seen one.
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New Member
Canada
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I went through a number of rolls just after Christmas (generally a good time of the year) and found 1-1968, 1-1964, 1-1959, 1-1937(poor condition) and a Netherlands Antilles 1990 10c in excellent condition.
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Valued Member
Canada
386 Posts |
I guess I have the luck of the Irish today (St. Patricks's day).
I hadn't found any silver dimes for the last 3-4 weeks.
Today I picked up ten rolls and found 15 x 1968 silver dimes and one 1960 silver dime.
Also, I found almost one hundred of 1968 (nickel) to 1980 dimes in almost uncirculated condition. It looks like the dimes rolls were in storage for the last 35 years.
Edited by 1945V
03/17/2009 5:50 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
80 Posts |
Good for you. Haven't found any silver at all yet. Thought I had with a few 1968's until I took out the magnet :(
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Looks like the economy, has been bad for someone, they must have had those ten cent rolls around for a while, and had to cash them in, but, I guess 1945V was lucky to come across them.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
386 Posts |
SHAFTA9A, I think what usually happens is when a family member passes away, the wife or children roll up the coins and deposit them in the bank. I have found all sorts of strange (but really nice) stuff at the bank that could only be explained that way. In the past month, I found an entire roll of George V nickels (unfortunately no 1925 or 1926) and three rolls of 1955-1962 twelve sided nickels. Pennies are always good, because people can accumulate them for 20 years or more before depositing them at the bank. Edited by 1945V
03/18/2009 09:14 am
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Valued Member
Canada
386 Posts |
Here is my tally for the last 5 months. I have searched through about $10,000 (100,000 dimes) and I found the following: 1) 101 silver dimes 2) 14 x 1970 dimes 3) 20 x 5 pence British coins 4) $100 worth of USA copper clad dimes My best find was a solid silver roll that contained 46 x 1967 BU dimes along with 3 x 1964 Roosevelt dimes and 1 x 1947 Roosevelt dime. My second best find was a bundle of 10 rolls that contained 15 x 1968 dilver dimes, 1 x 1960 dime and 2 x 1970 dimes. I found six rolls that has two dimes each in the same roll, strange. My distribution of dimes found is as follows: Canada 1910, 2 x 1940, 1943, 1944, 2 x 1953, 1954, 2 x 1959, 2 x 1960, 2 x 1961, 1963, 2 x 1964, 4 x 1965, 3 x 1966, 48 x 1967, 23 x 1968 silver USA 1942, 1947, 1957, 3 x 1964 |
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New Member
Canada
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I would have to concur with 1945V. It appears that people go into the bank with rolls which are incredibly old, possibly selling rolls which were collected by a family member. Earlier this month, I lucked out big time and found 19 full rolls of 12-sided nickels in one box. There were also 31 1967 rabbits in utterly amazing condition, as well as a 1944 V nickel in great shape. The box yielded over 46% Ni coins. I promptly went back to the same bank to see if there were more, and, after 2 more boxes, found none. Then, on the very next box from that same bank, I found 9 more rolls containing nothing but 1962 and prior 12-sided coins, including one 1924 in VG condition. I may go back and ask for a dime and/or quarter box to see if the same customer may have dropped off some silver coins. Does anyone think this might be the case? |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I wish there was some way a collector could enter the vault with a bank employee to look inside the coin boxes. Any roll hunter can instantly recognize the difference between a new box from the mint versus, e.g. a box with a few very old paper rolls that may have been sitting in grampa's drawer for 40 years. Tellers always say "I'm sorry, I can't guarantee the coins will be old", even when you find a friendly, coin-collector-sympathetic one who really wants to help. They still bring out those mint boxes. I asked once if there is a stock rotation system, which might improve the odds of hitting a winning streak but I got nowhere.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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i have a full roll of 1970 dimes bril uncirc.
I didnt know they were that rare..:P
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1152 Posts |
Nice finds! Sounds like a hobby I may have to pick up!
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New Member
Canada
5 Posts |
im new to coin roll hunting and I'm 13 yrs old and do not have a bank account, so do I need to get one or not, my parents do though, and also what bank should I go to? I live in surrey B.C., and what should I hunt? quarters, dimes, nickel, or what? pls tell me as soon as possible!
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Valued Member
Canada
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Well come to the forum! I don't think you need a bank account. start with pocket changes from your parents and family members and the changes they put a way (Jar). Read a lot of books about coins you can borrow them from library.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 I've gone to banks that I don't have an account with and the response was "what would you like ?" Happy hunting and a grat big  |
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