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I tried to take a picture but could not upload the image. I have three different Oak Ridge national laboratory irradiated dime holders. One is the most common the other two are ornl-ucnc- oak ridge national labs and then my 1941 Mercury dime is in the oak ridge national labs neutron irradiated holder. It seems the two are a bit more rare. Iv done a little research but any info or questions would b appreciated. |
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The other two dimes are a 1960 and 1961 rosevelt dimes. I'm curious if anyone might know anything about the ones that say oak ridge and oak ridge ucnc. I havnt been able to find any online except one that sold four years ago for $80. My family all grew up there during the secret city period. Thanks for any info.
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I know your having trouble uploading....
But pictures would help
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I moved your post to the appropriate forum for the proper attention Jbuck are you sure this the proper forum for this? I would have gone with Tokens, Medals, and other Exonumia or even the main coin forum over classic coins. many of these holders have Roosevelt dimes in them and definitely need pictures for this and also curious to the answer as I am putting a date set of these together then going for oak ridge and America museum of atomic energy labeled versions. as well as black vs blue printing Edited by Steele
05/01/2017 6:53 pm
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Based on precedent, it is the right forum if it is a Mercury dime in the holder. There are some previous posts here, while there Roosevelt dimes on the US Modern forum. These are certainly an issue which can span multiple fora, but we tend to default to the coin rather than the holder. |
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Putting a year set of the Mercury Irradiated dimes is a tall order, and doing a set of each color in black and blue would be astronomical.
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 Jefferson! I was born and raised in Oak Ridge. My dad worked for Y-12 for 30+ years and several family members worked for K-25, X-10 and the National Laboratory. Went to the Museum many times and had my "hair raised" and they gave away the dimes there also. I wish I had kept the ones I had as a child! |
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Finally got the pic to load. Now I gotta work on the rosevelt one that says ornl ucnc oak ridge. Wish me luck
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Very nice!  |
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Hi! I have the exact dime and it must be a rare combo for that year in that holder because this post is the only exact match on the Google. Anybody have any info on price or where to sell it? I'm not a coin person, I found it in the trash! I would like to get it to someone that will appreciate it. Thanks!
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ebay prices are variable, but I see some Buy it now for $20. It is definitely an interesting collectible-I have a few. You did well to rescue it from the trash.
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What do these look like under a black light? I use my lit-up uranium glass dish as an avatar on another forum. It gives off a strange green extraterrestrial glow, like a weird flying saucer. Here's the answer. https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection...es/dimes.htmThe dimes initially would set off a Geiger counter. But the decay of the radioactive isotope Ag 110 was hours, and no residual redioactivity can be detected in the dimes today. I would guess that they would probably glow for a little while after irradiation. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Interesting. I hadn't seen the Mid-South Fair exhibit one before, nor the final large blue plastic one (I have seen the Worlds Fair one). And I don't believe I've seen the ORNL - UCNC one. Of the the American Museum, and national laboratory pieces there are four varieties as they come with black or blue lettering. So that makes 7 varieties in total. I also have an original cardboard holder intended to hold the metal and plastic encased ones. It is from the American Museum and my holder has a blue lettered encasement. I can say that the American Museum had the irradiator until the summer of 1967 as that was when I visited there and I irradiated some dimes at that time.
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Posted 05/01/2017 09:44 am
