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by theshoenlebens » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:51 pm
Stopped by and got a box of dimes from Dunbar. Hate unwrapping those but this time, in return for my efforts, I got 5 rosies. Three was my best out of a $250 box but this is no longer
Hope tomorrows Brinks does the same !!
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by madman326 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:53 pm
congrats on the find! new guy here with questions. rosies? and how often do you stike out with boxes of dimes? i have started a small copper collection, but would love to find some silver. not sure i can handle $250 too often though. thanks.
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by uthminsta » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:45 pm
Rosies = silver roosevelt dimes. Also known as roosies. Mercs is another jargon term here... it of course means Mercury dimes.
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by Cent1225 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:47 pm
madman: Only have to handle $250 one time. Even if you find 10 dimes in each box, you only have to add $1.00 back to get your $250 back and get another box.
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by theshoenlebens » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:49 pm
Not really that bad doing dimes. You just have to come up with $250 once. I usually buy twice a week from different banks. Purchase the first box and sort that night. Take to my bank with a free coin counter for customers and dump. Next day or so I get another box with the funds from the first box. Sort that one and repeat.
For alittle heads up though. I normally find one or two per $250 box BUT i have gone on a streak of $1750 without a single one. Really started to think about stopping but I decided I liked the thrill of looking and just stuck it out.
So to condense some, $250 to start...find hopefully one or two....dump and get back $249.80-90...go to bank and buy another and keep going. Got to love getting around $2 and change of silver for 10 cents.
Sorry.... rosies are Roosevelt dimes 1946-1964
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by woodyh » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:53 pm
thats nice i only have found 1 per box
life is like a box of pennys , you never know what your gonna get
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by brades » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:29 pm
I've been in Florida for a week and a half and so far I've got 2 silver rosies in my change.
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by JadeDragon » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:22 am
lucky we can edge check US coins. The ones that look like a sandwich are "clad" and worth face. Silver coins are easy to spot
when edge checking.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw.
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by Heartkill » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:06 am
JadeDragon wrote:lucky we can edge check US coins. The ones that look like a sandwich are "clad" and worth face. Silver coins are easy to spot
when edge checking.
This is why I love CWR dimes. I can burn thru a few hundred dollars worth in under an hour and their easy to re-roll.
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