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800,000 dimes crashed on the highway.

StoogeStooge Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Looks as if there are dimes everywhere on the highway outside of Las Vegas.

http://www.krqe.com/news/weird/can-you-spare-a-dime-truck-full-of-coins-crashes-in-nevada/1169695959


Later, Paul.

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yum yum :)B)

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    StoogeStooge Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:
    Yum yum :)B)

    I hope there not all 2018-D's. Hopefully there all old and worn out dimes.


    Later, Paul.
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonder how long it took Onlyroosies to rush there to see if any were worth grading? :)

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    MACGE1MACGE1 Posts: 269 ✭✭✭

    It’s $800k in dimes, that’s 8,000,000 coins. Maybe they’re all 17 p’s on the way to Pcgs in hopes of making a few 69FB’s....

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh @DIMEMAN this could easily be your dream coming true....only if you live nearby :)

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    coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭✭✭

    after picking all these up, State troopers will be seeing dimes in their dreams

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,978 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Paying state troopers salaries to pick up dimes. Doesn't seem like the taxpayers will get the best bang for the buck, or dime.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not think the Troopers were picking up the coins... they secured the site for a recovery team...It would be interesting to know what the recovery rate actually was.... and did they use metal detectors.... Cheers, RickO

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    MonsterCoinzMonsterCoinz Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    People will be metal detecting there a thousand years from now..

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    WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't know Las Vegas had a mint.

    :)

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    I didn't know Las Vegas had a mint.

    :)

    Las Vegas IS a mint. At least for the casino owners.

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    northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 8:51AM

    Newest oldest hit in the Silver State:

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Lyrics
    They used to tell me I was building a dream
    And so I followed the mob
    When there was earth to plow or guns to bear
    I was always there right on the job
    They used to tell me I was building a dream
    With peace and glory ahead
    Why should I be standing in line
    Just waiting for bread?
    Once I built a railroad, I made it run
    Made it race against time
    Once I built a railroad, now it's done
    Brother, can you spare a dime?
    Once I built a tower up to the sun
    Brick and rivet and lime
    Once I built a tower, now it's done
    Brother, can you spare a dime?
    Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
    Full of that yankee doodly dum
    Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
    And I was the kid with the drum
    Say, don't you remember, they called me Al
    It was Al all the time
    Why don't you remember, I'm your pal
    Say buddy, can you spare a dime?
    Once in khaki suits, ah gee we looked swell
    Full of that yankee doodly dum
    Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
    And I was the kid with the drum
    Oh, say, don't you remember, they called me Al
    It was Al all the time
    Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal
    Buddy, can you spare a dime?

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    RittenhouseRittenhouse Posts: 677 ✭✭✭✭

    That's where Slim Pickens and the boys got all those dimes.

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    hookooekoohookooekoo Posts: 381 ✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 10:41AM

    Pictures... I was expecting pictures. This news article really isn't that interesting without a picture.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Too far to go with my metal detector

    Frank

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are some pics of the scenbe :smile:

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears to be a small recovery zone..................perhaps more secure trucks are in order....the crates just popped through the trailer roof :smile:

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    keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 11:08AM

    Indians scattered on dawns highway, bleeding.
    Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile, egg-shell mind.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can imagine all those coins would make a very heavy load..

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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I prefer chocolate on the roadways ....

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Keets - good Doors quote

    'Peace Frog', I believe, or something
    close to that.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perhaps the load shifted, doesn't appear that the crates were secured in the trailer.? :smile:

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    northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @northcoin said:
    Newest oldest hit in the Silver State:

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Lyrics
    They used to tell me I was building a dream
    And so I followed the mob
    When there was earth to plow or guns to bear
    I was always there right on the job
    They used to tell me I was building a dream
    With peace and glory ahead
    Why should I be standing in line
    Just waiting for bread?
    Once I built a railroad, I made it run
    Made it race against time
    Once I built a railroad, now it's done
    Brother, can you spare a dime?
    Once I built a tower up to the sun
    Brick and rivet and lime
    Once I built a tower, now it's done
    Brother, can you spare a dime?
    Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
    Full of that yankee doodly dum
    Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
    And I was the kid with the drum
    Say, don't you remember, they called me Al
    It was Al all the time
    Why don't you remember, I'm your pal
    Say buddy, can you spare a dime?
    Once in khaki suits, ah gee we looked swell
    Full of that yankee doodly dum
    Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
    And I was the kid with the drum
    Oh, say, don't you remember, they called me Al
    It was Al all the time
    Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal
    Buddy, can you spare a dime?

    That is crazy. I had not even opened the OP's link when I added my comment. Surprised to see that the song's title was the title of the article! When I read "dime" in the thread title that song was the first thing that came to my mind.

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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    .
    Interesting to hear about both of these on k-love after a day on the road to a coin shop and to see them both mentioned here in one thread. Hmmm
    .

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    CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭

    Its really 8 million dimes, $800,000 in dimes

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Break out the shop vacs and knee pads. Peace Roy

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    KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 4:10PM

    “Truck full of 8 million dimes crashes in Nevada, spilling money across the desert“

    Per FOX NEWS quoting AP.

    Metal detectorist should have a field day in the desert.

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Oh @DIMEMAN this could easily be your dream coming true....only if you live nearby :)

    Yeah if closer I bet DIMEMAN would be rolling around in them like Demi Moore in the movie Indecent Proposal ;)

    Now that y'all have that visual burning in your heads my mission is complete! :D

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @Paradisefound said:
    Oh @DIMEMAN this could easily be your dream coming true....only if you live nearby :)

    Yeah if closer I bet DIMEMAN would be rolling around in them like Demi Moore in the movie Indecent Proposal ;)

    Now that y'all have that visual burning in your heads my mission is complete! :D

    :oB)

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey buddy, can you spare a dime ? ;)

    Timbuk3

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