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Unusual Dime I Got From A Customer

clarenze30clarenze30 Posts: 85 ✭✭✭
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Hi All,

I don't usually collect coins but I do collect US Currency Notes. I received a coin from a customer today. I have not seen a coin like this before. It's a 1941 dime coin. What kind of value?

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great find !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    TomaToma Posts: 58 ✭✭✭

    The redbook value says it is worth around 30 dollars in MS65 and the price jumps drastically when higher than 65. Unfortunately your coin seems to fall short of MS. If you're lucky and find a determined buyer you could probably sell it for a couple of bucks but most coin dealers would offer you a buck for it. On the bright side it is worth 10x as much as a regular dime a customer would usually hand you.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it is worth melt, ignore the MS comments, this is a circulated coin

    Frank

    BHNC #203

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice old 'Mercury' dime.... not worth much numismatically, but silver melt value is around a dollar to a dollar twenty.... Cheers, RickO

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,990 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Melt.

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    david3142david3142 Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2018 5:42AM

    It’s an amazing find in circulation and would make anyone here’s day. That said, from a collecting standpoint they are common and have no numismatic premium. The coin contains about 1/14th of an ounce of silver so it is worth $1.11 as of right now.

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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Finding a silver coin in circulation, especially an obsolete design like a Mercury dime (minted from 1916 to 1945), is not a common occurrence these days. Congrats!

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,701 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Far beyond it's worth as a silver dime is the priceless experience of getting a Mercury dime in circulation. That is one dime I would never forget!

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2018 7:04AM

    Until I left northern Utah 11 years ago, I typically received 1 or 2 silver dimes or a silver quarter in change every year.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,490 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice catch from your customer. wtg

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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Its a cool little keepsake that may have bought a couple of beers for servicemen shipping out of San Francisco in WW2..................Not a whole lot of value although

    Steve

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find for face value!

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent find. I haven't seen a mercury dime in circulation for a very long time.

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