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Valued Member
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I have been CRH for silver coins for about two years -- focusing on searching customer-rolled dimes and half dollars (which unfortunately are challenging to locate at a bank). Yesterday I purchased five rolls of dimes as a local bank. I noticed that three rolls were in old-fashioned wrappers. Each of those rolls contained only Mercury dimes (dating back to 1916) and silver Roosevelt dimes. One of them is a 1921-D Mercury dime in About Good condition -- a low-mintage "key date" for that series. Keep searching -- lightening does strike! |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Sweet! What a score, NorthShore!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats on your determination paying off.
So how exactly do you approach the bank employees, and what do you ask? Do you call ahead?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found a road-rashed 2000 P dime on the ground at the gas station yesterday...,. some people have all the luck. If it weren't for bad luck.... you know the rest.
How bout some pics?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Congrats, @North Shore!  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
11/03/2023 6:03 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't call ahead to banks to purchase rolls of circulated dimes or whatever half dollars are available. I just ask the employee if I can exchange my dime rolls for other customer-wrapped rolls. Most of the time they agree -- although a few banks won't do that because I'm not their customer. It is more difficult to finding half dollars that have been cashed in by customers. Last month a different bank had five rolls on hand they recently received from a customer. I found two 40% silver Kennedy coins in that stash. Both of them were oxidized, which might have made it difficult for a casual person to identify them as being worth more than face value. I now call that bank once a week and ask if they have more customer-rolled half dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting. I've only had one teller in our area offer to swap rolls. Many other banks don't even appear to keep coins up front anymore, the tellers need to go to the vault even for small amounts of coins.
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Well deserved find
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What do you know, another brand new member sharing their once in a lifetime find yet again.
There's so many testimonials nowadays, it's so tough not to believe it's true!
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
Edited by NumismaticsFTW
11/03/2023 10:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
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  excellent!  let's see that hoard! |
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to the CCF Awesome finds.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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United States
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Today I visited the same bank where recently I acquired three rolls filled with silver dimes. The young bank associate told me she had 16 Kennedy half dollars recently cashed by customers. Ten of those coins are 40% Kennedy half dollars. I gladly will continue to visit that bank... |
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Posted 11/03/2023 5:36 pm
