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I just noticed that completed Whitman folders of circulated Roosies 1946 - 1964 sell merely for silver face value. Shame, as folks put their hearts into collecting these coins and filling those folders. Sigh.   |
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Sounds like a good buying opportunity though......especially depending upon condition.
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Sounds like a great time to buy. Its a win win....if they don't gain much collectors value you will at least get the rise in silver prices. Hmmm...I might start a dime collection.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The real value is in completing an MS set while cherrypicking as many Full Torch coins as possible  |
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From what I understand in circulating condition this is the norm for value. I know my coin dealer just sells coins from folders/albums for spot or face value and has tons of free folders and albums as a result.
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From what I understand in circulating condition this is the norm for value. I know my coin dealer just sells coins from folders/albums for spot or face value and has tons of free folders and albums as a result. Yep. I'm about to take the coins out of the folder to do that. Still seems a shame, as the prior owner spent some time putting it together. Uh, what's the deal on Full Torch? |
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Just like Full Bands on Mercs, look for complete separation and roundness of the horizontal bands on the torch. The upper bands are usually struck fairly well but the lower bands can sometimes be almost nonexistent. They have not yet reached the recognition levels of FB Mercs but they are steadily gaining interest and value, S-mint Roosies can be especially tough to find with FT details.
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Once again, I am reminded of my excitement in getting a 1955-S:
Every week our teacher, after collecting our milk money, would call off the dates and mint marks and we kids had the opportunity to exchange another dime for the desired piece.
I RAN to the desk with my dime and made the exchange.
That was about 46 years ago or so.
Today, just another lump of silver for the melting pot.
SIGH ...
The dime is gone, but the memory remains.
10 cents a week for milk?
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Valued Member
United States
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I am in the process of completing a Dansco album and the thought of finishing it to see has never crossed my mine, my coin collecting hobby costs me money, it isn't about making money, the profit would hardly be worth the time, gas and effort.
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Lobby, I know what you mean. But unfortunately, as the others have pointed out, in circulated condition below AU, they really dont hold a premium over melt now. The high grade coins still do though. As bbradford, I am putting together an MS/Proof Dansco. Trust me, the MS coins hold a premium.
I can melt circulated Roosies and Kennedys. I have a hard time justifying melting anything older or any of the quarters. But thats just me. I had to turn in a bunch of Walkers and Bens for a lady whos collection I am selling on consignment. VACookey and I bought all of the ones we could afford to, but the rest went to the pot. We would have to be in truly dire straights to do that for ourselves.
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Don,
Your (and others in this thread) advice to collect the MS / AU Roosies is a good one. I've got a stash of Roosies right now; I'll go through them and pick out the good ones...
Thanks!
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Yeah but think about it, the coins are not that old and none had particularly a low mintage. Think about wheat cents from the 40's and 50's. Good thing these dimes are made out of silver, otherwise they would be worth 10 cents. I'm strictly talking about circulated coins by the way.
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Valued Member
United States
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I buy circulated Roosevelt dimes just for the bullion value. Whenever I got extra cash or credit with my local dealer I usually take it in the form of silver dimes. Sad thing is that I have seen AU-BU '50s era dimes in his junk bins before. I snag em up when I can but am not always able to. |
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I have all the "Normal" issue dimes in BU and the proof Rosie's and silver proof Rosie's when they were issued. The Dansco album looks sweet regardless
of what it cost to complete. Also have several cameo's in the album as well. It is not what it can sell for when it is a hobby, your profit comes from
the enjoyment and stress relief when assembling the set.
Enjoy.
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theres no shame at all its fun to complete the full Roosevelt dime collection, I already completed it, in EF-AU now I want all MS coins |
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Posted 03/07/2012 12:14 pm
