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

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Bayard1908
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They're worth about the same; but, digging up the silver is somehow much more fun.

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  • Icollecteverything
    Icollecteverything Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭
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    that's easy.........because it's silver!

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  • pcgs69
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    silver gives you a story to tell... some dirty clad quarters don't!
  • WhiteTornado
    WhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
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    << <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
  • ricko
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    Silver is just more exciting... it is old, it is a PM.... not like modern coinage....Cheers, RickO
  • Dockwalliper
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    I never saw anyone do a Clad quarter dance.
  • pocketpiececommems
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    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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  • ormandh
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    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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  • ricko
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    I do a 'ring' dance when I find a ring.....looks like an Alley Oop combined with a Macarena.....image Cheers, RickO
  • kiyote
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    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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  • pcgs69
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    << <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.
  • Dockwalliper
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    << <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.
  • johnny9434
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    i think we all smile more when its silver image
  • pocketpiececommems
    pocketpiececommems Posts: 6,093 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • MGLICKER
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    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.
  • ricko
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    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
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    << <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 >>



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