Roosevelt Dimes

Circulated Roosevelt silver dimes will always be worth just about their silver value, at least probably until most of us have gone to collecting Heaven. I have a couple of sets I'm holding onto for now, but I've traded most of mine in for other coins. It's up to you whether to hold it for bullion value or sell them. One thing I wouldn't do is use them in soda machines or parking meters.

I'd save the '49-S down to XF and the '49, '50-S, and '51-S down to nice AU but that's about it. Keep in mind though that some of these are not extremely common in unc and if dimes get melted for an extended period a few of the dates could become better dates.

Your money is better placed elsewhere but if you're holding silver anyway these might be a nice form in which to do it.

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Aren't the 55 coins lower mintage and worth saving?

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They're lower mintage but large numbers were saved in unc. The availability of these coins will suppress the demand for circulated versions and hold down the price.

Circ rolls will be in demand by those filling sets for retail sales and trying to cut corners but the price will be so low that they probably won't be worth the bother.

I'd even avoid the '55 issues in unc since they are so common.

Hmmmmm.

If you're a new collector, the Silver Roosies from 1946-1964 are probably the cheapest set you can complete (only 48 coins not counting the proof coins).

Despite what others have said, there really aren't any major keys, but rather a bunch of "semi-keys". Simply put, there were millions and millions of these made and nothing is really rare.

Big Disadvantage: They're just small coins. So they're not that fun to look at in an album.

Big Advantage: You can do an Uncirculated set for a little more than melt value of silver.

WARNING: Do not pay huge premiums for "AU" or "BU" or "MS-60" coins. It is the MS-62+ coins that are more expensive.