Partially filled coin book from my great grandmother.
Gam3rBlake
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Hey guys, my grandmother knows I’m interested in coins and when my great grandmother passed away she found this while sorting out my great grandma’s estate and gave it to me.
Apparently every year my great grandmother used to put that year’s mercury dime in a collection folder. But it looks like she got bored by around 1943. Understandable with WW2 being in full swing.
Back then a dime was good money and enough to buy a decent dinner.
So cool! She also still has her original WW2 ration books which would be worth way more.
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Get your loupe out, put on your cotton gloves, open your CPG and search for errors and varieties. Knowing the provenance means these were taken out of circulation some time ago. Looks like fun to me! Peace Roy
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Nice family heirloom.... could be some coins of interest in there... Good luck and let us know what you find. Cheers, RickO
As I look at, it appears she filled some Mercury slots with Roosevelt dimes? The image is just a little too blurry when I try to enlarge it for my old eyes. Still, there might be some nice dates/mint marks.
Never mind I, I see where she wrote in pen, the new dates. Cool item.
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I'm seeing a lot of Roosevelt dimes in the slots. Those will be essentially melt value coins. Look for the Mercury dimes with better dates/mint marks. Don't clean anything!
Have fun looking through the dimes in the folder. You never know what you will find.
If I received a collection of coins assembled by my great grand parents from circulation the coins would most likely be dated from 1850 to 1890.
I think getting an album put together from a grandparent or great grandparent is special. Of course, that "specialness" is only for you or other family members. (I've inherited a few albums, and I keep them "as is" to retain a memory.) If one sees coins only as an investment, then there is no longer any specialness to an album like this (nor any added dollar value).
Looking at the photo... This album was produced after the Mercury dime series concluded. So she did not add to this album each year as the coins were released. The dark strips of blue appears to be the result of someone taping over each row - either just to hold the coins in or to apply a custom label over each. Behind this album is a story about how it was assembled, a story reflecting something about your grandmother. ...thanks for sharing.
My strategy is about collecting what I intend to keep, not investing in what I plan to sell.
A nice item to remember your great grandmother by. Yes, quite a few Roosevelt dimes in it a also, but all are likely silver.
If you are wondering about values... the ration books are probably not worth anywhere near what the silver dimes are. I'm no expert in them, but have had a few before; not a rare item. Of course depends on how many booklets/stamps, condition, etc., but I will say value $10 or less for per booklet, again depending if stamps missing, etc. The value as a reminder of your great grandmother and the historic time is much more valuable IMO.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy the items.
Cool factor for sure. WWII coupon book have little value as they are extremely common.
bob