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I'm considering doing my first box of dimes soon, what are the drop rates on Mercury dimes? |
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drop, as in find? Dont do 10c, but scarcer than an indian head, buffalo, V nic,
frankie or WLH. Probably about par w/a readable shield.
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United States
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I'd say about 1 in every 5 silver dimes I find is a merc. Not nearly as rare in my experience as a shield nic like fioti said.
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United States
554 Posts |
For me 100%, I have done one box of dimes and found one mercury. I'd say go for it!
Edited by jdavis18
06/14/2014 5:28 pm
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567 Posts |
I like your attitude jdavis! On par/w a readable shield doesn't sound right to me... Mercs had mintages wayyy higher than shields, but I think nickels may still be the way to go due to the amount of variety that you can find, thanks for the input guys.
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United States
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38 boxes, 2 mercs, and super grateful to have found them! 1938, and 41d. also found 29 roosevelts in the boxes. 14.5 to 1 rosie to merc for me.  Edited by skibdib
06/14/2014 8:13 pm
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4 boxes none so far but I wondered this same question..
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I've never found one. Been through 10 boxes in the last six months and countless rolls. Someday! ;-)
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United States
4809 Posts |
Found a 1942 in a roll of cents a couple of weeks back. Someone used it as a filler.
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United States
593 Posts |
I tried doing statistics on Mercury find rates once I averaged 1 for every 100 or so silvers for a while, Then I found a $500 box which produced 18 Mercuries, then a few months ago I found a cwr roll which produced 13 I would say right now for me it's around 1 Mercury for every 20 to 25 silvers
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United States
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Having searched over a quarter million dollars in dimes, I was keeping track of finds but not anymore, no mercs this year yet, but that's because I've been hitting the cwr hard; searching boxes I believe my average was around 1 merc per $1.2K-$1.5K, or one every six boxes.
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Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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2805 Posts |
I've never found a single Mercury :(
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United States
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I've found about 20 Mercury dimes and a few barbers when I was on my Dime kick!! They are out there! |
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In 6 years I've found 154 Mercs and 1456 silver Rosie's and 2 Barbers.
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United States
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I have gotten one merc out of a register. None out of a box though.
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Posted 06/14/2014 5:01 pm
