Bizarre Find... Yet not rare

[RD5]

I just found a dime in a penny roll... How in the world does this happen?

[Thogey]

Over the past 5 years I've found 2 silver dimes in penny rolls.

The dimes in penny rolls seem to come in runs. I rarely find 1 dime in a box, In my experience there is usually more.

[RD5]

To bad mines not silver , but hey add 9 cents to my profit

[Thogey]

I'll probably never find another silver. The odds of finding 2 silver dimes in penny rolls for a hand sorter has got to be astronomical

[Robarons]

Those pre-made tubes that are used in coin sorting machines 'Coin-tainers' have a nasty habit of counting dimes as pennies. I have found far more dimes in these types of roll, up 2 or 3 per a roll in some cases

Also dimes tend to darken and people mistake them for dimes.

And finally people just dont care- its a coin and its worthless to them. I have seen rolls with 55-65 pennies that looked like people just stuff coins into rolls just to get rid of them with running out of rolls.

Joys of customer wrapped coin!

[ZenOps]

Finding one dime in a penny box is pretty common for me. I've only ever found one silver dime in a penny box in my history though.

I'm also proud to say that I've found a silver dime in my nickel sorting.

In Canada, we get quite a few of the oversized British pennies in penny and nickel rolls, and an unusually high number of five pence in dime rolls.

[cesariojpn]

The dimes i've found are "rusted" and look like pennies on a casual glance.

[baggerman]

The dimes i've found are "rusted" and look like pennies on a casual glance.

The rusted ones were probably cashed in by someone who metal detects. I find dimes in bags quite often but haven't found a silver one yet.

[Morsecode]

This year I've been finding them in the String rolls. 4 in one box this week. And they're shiny new dimes. No silver.

CWR's from the credit union usually contain the dirty dimes.

[pennypanner]

I have found several dimes in penny rolls. Last week I found a back off of a Swiss made watch.

[fasteddy]

back off of a Swiss made watch.

As the title of the thread states...."Bizarre Find... Yet not rare"

agreed!

Dimes in boxes not often...dimes in bags often.

[RxForPain]

A couple of months ago I picked up $12 in hand rolls from the credit union. One roll was all dimes. I figure that someone didn't have a green dime roll and just used the penny one instead. No silver, but I will take it.

[SilverEye]

I found a micro SD card in a bag of dimes. Just facebook type pics of a high school crowd. No secret spy docs, no nudies, I was disappoint.

[Diggin4copper]

In a half bag I found 2 mercury dimes,5 or six foriegn coins, a bunch of dimes and quarters, and an 1800s large cent...

[mtalbot_ca]

The best (or worst) was 16 dimes (canadian) in a roll of US pennies in Canada.

[penny pretty]

I am up to 57 dimes so far, and intend to keep track. Brings a smile to me each time I find one, and while not changing copper percentage, a slight rise in bottom line!!

[Cent1225]

My best is 180 dimes and 1 quarter in a bag of pennies.
Thats a $16.44 profit on the bag. Paid for gas.
Next time at the same bank, 0 dimes. Must have fixed the coin counter.

[Chief]

That's where all those little sob's go when I am dumping dimes. One of the reasons to quit dime sorting. They were averaging 1-2 per box, but losing 100+ dimes per $1,000 does not make it worth it. Fix the darn coin machine already.
On the other hand, I did enjoy finding them in penny rolls.

[Dave]

I had roll with 30 dimes and 20 pennies once. All 30 were together, how dumb can you be.

[Metals Mogul]

Haha.I've found buttons in my rolls before

[RD5]

That much more weird than dimes :S

[John_doe]

I have found lots in bags, but never one in a roll.

[Numis Pam]

A couple of months ago I picked up $12 in hand rolls from the credit union. One roll was all dimes. I figure that someone didn't have a green dime roll and just used the penny one instead. No silver, but I will take it.

Wow!! Lucky you Great Score....

[newton7]

I have found lots in bags, but never one in a roll.

I get one every now in then in rolls but your right, bags are the way to go and dimes and sometimes nickels and the occasional quarter show up. I guess the tellers do not empty the bags real well before reattaching them to the machines.

Score!

[avidbrandy]

I found a silver dime in a penny roll once. Still my favorite find so far in roll searching.