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Why is finding a silver dime more enjoyable than finding 6 clad quarters?

Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,048 ✭✭✭✭
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They're worth about the same; but, digging up the silver is somehow much more fun.

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  • IcollecteverythingIcollecteverything Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭
    that's easy.........because it's silver!

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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,324 ✭✭✭✭
    silver gives you a story to tell... some dirty clad quarters don't!
  • WhiteTornadoWhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭


    << <i>They're worth about the same >>



    Today they are, but potentially worth more long-term. Also, the rarity of finding silver versus clad. I say this as someone who has yet to find any silver image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Silver is just more exciting... it is old, it is a PM.... not like modern coinage....Cheers, RickO
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    I never saw anyone do a Clad quarter dance.
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,865 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did a ye-ha several years ago when I found a pile of 13 at the end of a tetter-totter.
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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    You should have seen my son when he found 15 quarters in a 3 foot area. He did a jig that resembles a football player making a touchdown. It was in a park near a climbing tree and all were basically below the grass level! He was already spending them on yugioh cards! LOL! -Dan
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do a 'ring' dance when I find a ring.....looks like an Alley Oop combined with a Macarena.....image Cheers, RickO
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it has to do with probability, too. Would you rather find an Ike dollar or a silver Roosie dime?
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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,324 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think it has to do with probability, too. Would you rather find an Ike dollar or a silver Roosie dime? >>



    Hmmmm that's an interesting one. Will prob pick the Ike as I've never found one before.
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think it has to do with probability, too. Would you rather find an Ike dollar or a silver Roosie dime? >>



    Thats a toss-up. I'm very proud of the only Ike I've ever dug but its been 8 years.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,334 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i think we all smile more when its silver image
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,865 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have only found one Ike dollar. When that big brown disk came out of the ground I couldn't figure out what is was at first. When I found my first silver dime I thought I was pulling out a new washer at first,
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  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Neither will make you rich, but in 20 years the dime will still be worth a cup of coffee. The clads will be left on the pavement as cents are today.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have not seen a cup of coffee for a dime in fifty plus years..... and if you are talking about silver content, I do not know of anyplace that will trade it straight across.... Cheers, RickO
  • MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have not seen a cup of coffee for a dime in fifty plus years..... and if you are talking about silver content, I do not know of anyplace that will trade it straight across.... Cheers, RickO >>



    Fortunately my go to bricks and mortar has a McD's next door.
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