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Very nice indeed ... please report on any key dates once your heart rate slows down.
David
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Canada
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While you may rarely or never find something of this magnitude again, I think the answer to your question of whether CRH will ever be fun again is a resounding yes. Congrats on this one!
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Thanks for all the awesome replies! I remember reading other peoples' "big score" threads and wondered when my ship would come in. I must say it feels like finding a pirates' treasure! So nice just to look at that pile on my desk. I plan to go through them all good and slow, savouring the moment for all it's worth. Gotta enjoy the moment in the sun. I agree, I can still have fun CRH'ing even if I never catch "the big one" again. I'll always be able to reminisce on this find. By the way, the merc was a 1945. A cursory glance indicates most of them are from the 1960s and 1950s, but there are quite a few from the 1940s and some 1930's. There are a few George V's (1915, 1918x2, 1919, and 1936).
Prior to this, my grand total finds of silver in the wild was two dimes.
Edited by nickelphr33k
01/29/2014 9:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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That is an insane find! Congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Congratulations! Persistence eventually pays off :).
Edited by o-train
01/30/2014 02:02 am
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CONGRATS!  |
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Yes, it does pay to be persistent. The crazy thing about it all is that I wasn't really planning on going there. Just went on a whim ten minutes before closing time. I think what happened is that somebody died and their relatives found a change jar and rolled them up and sent them to the bank without knowing anything about the coins. They probably thought the same thing that the teller did, that they were just a bunch of old, dirty looking dimes. Their ignorance is my bliss.  |
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Canada
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That is one great pickup..congrats!!  The 1915 is a key date sort of... |
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United States
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Very nice, congrats! |
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So the official census is as follows:
US: 1945 Mercury
Canada:
1910's: 1915, 1918(2), 1919
1930's: 1936, 1938, 1939
1940's: 1940(2), 1941(3), 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945(3), 1947(2), 1947ml(5), 1949(4)
1950's: 1950(8), 1951(3), 1952(2), 1953(3), 1954, 1955(3), 1956(5), 1957(5), 1958(3), 1959(7)
1960's: 1960(13), 1961(13), 1962(10), 1963(12), 1964(6), 1965(6), 1966(7), 1967(9), 1968(8)
All coins look heavily circulated have lost their original lustre, which leads me to believe that these sat in grandpa's coin jar in the basement or garage for the last thirty years. There were quite a few nickel dimes dating from the late sixties and early seventies with a few additions from the early eighties. So I guess it was sitting forgotten somewhere for about 25 years. When grandpa kicked the bucket they were rolled and sent off to the bank without much thought. I suppose he doesn't need them anymore.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Awesome bank score!  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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One time my son got a roll of dimes at the back which turned out to all be silver Roosevelts except for one non silver.
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