Dime Grade
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/30/2009 03:33 pm by admin
Dime Grade
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 1876 Silver Seated Dime YOU GRADE  US $.99
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 1936 USA Mercury Dime Swizz No Mercury In It 0900 Silver Coin Good Grade US $1.55
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 1926 Mercury dime high grade US $.99
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 1927 Mercury dime high grade US $.99
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 1937 D Mercury dime high grade US $.99
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 1941 D Mercury dime high grade US $.99
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 1900 S Barber dime high grade US $2.90
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 1909 Barber dime high grade US $.99
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 HIGH GRADE CANADA CANADIAN 1919 SILVER DIME A BLAZER US $9.95
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Coin Collecting Was Easier When I Was Younger
It's unfortunate that today's beginning coin collectors missed out on the experiences I had when I first began collecting coins. It was around 1970 and you could still find silver coins in change every now and then even though it had been six years since the US Mint started minting clad coins.
I would go to the local bank after school with ten bucks and get a couple rolls of dimes and go outside and look through them for silver coins for my meager collection. After doing this a few times I got to where I could tell a silver coin just by looking at the edges and I could go through a roll pretty quickly this way.
Many times it turned out to be a 1964-D which was almost a junk coin because they were so plentiful but every so often I would hit the jackpot and find a Mercury dime in pretty good shape. I would always replace the coins I took out with the same number of clad dimes since I was an honest person and would head back inside to exchange my rolls for two more.
In the beginning the tellers asked me why I was doing this and I think they might have thought that I was trying to make some money by short changing them but after telling them that I collected coins and that I made sure to replace any coins I took out they were very happy to help me and never bothered to count the rolls I turned in.
It always struck me as odd that someone would turn a Mercury dime into the bank because of how much they were worth but I guess it's the same as the time I bought 10 silver dollars for ten dollars from a girl in my class. She didn't care because she was just going to spend them anyway so I was very happy to buy them from her. Sadly, not being as smart as I am today I sold them to another collector a couple of days later for $11 thinking that a one dollar profit was good.
My dad also assisted me in my new hobby by having a bartender he knew save out any silver coins he got during the week. I would be able to buy these for face value but there were so many coins some weeks that I couldn't buy them all. Oh, to have that problem now!
I can't remember the last time I got a silver coin in change and even though I realize it's been over 40 years since silver coins were minted it's kind of sad that someone that is just beginning to collect coins has to buy many of the coins I used to get at face value.
Perhaps the state quarters that are so popular give the newcomer to coin collecting the same excitement I got when I was just beginning but in all honesty I have to tell you that I never really liked clad coins. In my opinion they do not come close to the beauty of the silver coins of the past that I fell in love with.
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Dime $6 Dime - Grupo Bryndis |
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Dime (Bachata) $6 Dime (Bachata) - Ivy Queen |
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Mysterious Dime $19.99 Mysterious Dime - Premium Poster |
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Dime (Live) $6 Dime (Live) - R.K.M. & Ken-Y |
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Dime (Remix) $6 Dime (Remix) - R.K.M. & Ken-Y |
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Dime Tu $10 Dime Tu - Sin Animo De Lucro |
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Dime a Dance $224.99 Richie Fahey Dime a Dance - Framed Giclee Print |
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Willard Scuffer-Champs (Dime) $10.95 Willard Scuffer-Champs (Dime) |
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Mens Dime Tee $27.97 Mens Dime Tee |
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The Ghost Dub-Dime [Explicit] $12.49 The Ghost Dub-Dime [Explicit] |
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One Dime At A Time $11.49 One Dime At A Time |
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Big Bells And Dime Songs $9.49 Big Bells And Dime Songs |
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Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime $9.99 Bought For A Dollar Sold For A Dime |
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Somebody Lend Me A Dime $9.99 Somebody Lend Me A Dime |
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Dime De Donde Vienes $22.99 Dime De Donde Vienes |
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Dime Que Falto $12.99 Dime Que Falto |
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Shadows On A Dime (Reissue) $17.99 Shadows On A Dime (Reissue) |
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Dime Western Magazine $12.49 Dime Western Magazine - Masterprint |
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Dime Mystery Magazine $12.49 Dime Mystery Magazine - Masterprint |
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A Good Time for a Dime $12.49 A Good Time for a Dime - Masterprint |
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Dime la Razon $10 Dime la Razon - Alex Rivera |
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Thin Dime Pinz $10 Thin Dime Pinz - Fresh Boyz |
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Dime Si Te Gusto $10 Dime Si Te Gusto - Aventura |
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Dime Que Hice $6 Dime Que Hice - Avenida 6 |
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Dime Quienes Son $6 Dime Quienes Son - Wisin and Yandel |
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Used Dime D100 $249.99 In Store Used USED DIME D100 |
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Used Dime D412sl $224.99 In Store Used USED DIME D412SL |