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I'm reading a Whitman publication from 2013 called the Almanac of US coins. Light, breezy reading, but I noted that at least twice in it it says that one of the nice things about the Roosevelt dimes series is that a complete collection could easily be acquired from pocket change. Huh? Perhaps from 1965 on, but 1946 to 1964 silver? Come on. It makes me wonder if the writer is actually a coin collector. I think he or she got confused because they also make the point that the series has no real rarities. But to anyone who knows anything about coins, that doesn't automatically mean you can get them all in circulation. Weird how that got through the editors. Edited by jpsned
04/04/2015 12:03 am
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Easy? Maybe not, but certainly possible. Nowhere near as easy (or possible) as the Jefferson nickel. |
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It would be very, very difficult but yes, possible.
I wonder when the article was originally written.
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It would be a very larger number of boxes, but it can be done. No coin is that rare, even the 49s.
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Pillar of the Community
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Guys--you're saying that it's possible to get all the silver Roosevelts from circulation? Really?
We're talking pocket change, not going to the bank and buying up boxes.
I check my change religiously and I've found maybe three silver Roosys in 10 years.
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04/04/2015 08:42 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd have to see the context of the quote. The thing about the Roosevelt dimes is that there are no difficult coins in the series so up until about 1970 you could fairly easily collect the complete set from circulation. So during the silver era you could easily collect the whole set, duing the transition years you could collect the whole set, today you can collect the whole clad set from circulation, and the silvers are each and cheap to buy. |
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Pocket change? No way.
Going theough boxes from banks? Possible, but it would take years I would think, going through hundreds of thousands of coins. Considering that you can probably buy a complete set of silvers in the $100 range, probably not something to try unless you really enjoy going through boxes.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with others that doing a set from change would not be
possible.
Even roll searching ...would take years and most likely would
Not fond them all.
Even searching dealers junk silver boxes, I feel it would take some
time to complete a full set.
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Pillar of the Community
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Here are the two quotes: "These dimes are common in all dates and are still being minted today. Many can be collected from pocket change to fill a folder date by date." ".later-date Roosevelt dimes are common enough that a beautiful collection can be assembled from pocket change, for face value." I stand corrected--they're not saying what I originally said they did. The guide is just referring to later date folders (read: post-silver), and not the entire series. (Although, I would question the wording that because the dimes are "common in all dates," that implies you can find them all in pocket change. "Common" does not necessarily mean "not rare." The silver dimes are common in the sense that they have high mintages, but obviously you're not going to find many in circulation.) My apologies! Edited by jpsned
04/05/2015 11:52 am
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Thank you for the follow-up.
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