Need info on 1996-W Roosevelt dime

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• DIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 4:23AM

  They came with the mint set that year along with the P & D.
  
  You can find them on ebay slabbed or raw.

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• canadanz Posts: 618 ✭✭

  December 2, 2010 4:39AM

  You can get the 1996 mint set on eBay for $15 - $20, which will include the 1996-W dime, still mint sealed.

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• RebelRon Posts: 544 ✭✭

  December 2, 2010 4:44AM

  
  
  << <i>You can get the 1996 mint set on eBay for $15 - $20, which will include the 1996-W dime, still mint sealed. >>
  
  That is your best bet!Cheap!

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• RichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 5:25AM

  
  
  << <i>You can get the 1996 mint set on eBay for $15 - $20, which will include the 1996-W dime, still mint sealed. >>
  
  
  
  BUT, make sure the set you are buying INCLUDES the 1996-W dime. Some sets have had the 1996-W dime removed (which was easy, since it was in its own one-coin mylar wrap.) Especially do this if you are acquiring one locally.

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• sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭

  December 2, 2010 5:47AM

  I wouldn't pay more than $10 for one in a mint sealed mylar
  
  
  unless I had it in hand, can grade very well, and think it had a chance at MS68FB or higher

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  December 2, 2010 5:48AM

  I always thought the coin was cool and it is my only non-silver modern(PCGS MS67). I would say clad but I have all the IKE blue & red packs and some PL SMS coins.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 6:58AM

  I have a couple of them, but it never really garnered any great collector interest. Certainly not like the '95ASE W. Cheers, RickO

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• illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 7:25AM

  The 1996 Mint Set typically goes on eBay for $16-$20 if the set still includes the 1996-W dime. However, the Greysheet lists the 1996 mint set at a $12 bid and $13 ask. So if you shop around at coin shows you can sometimes find dealers willing to sell the set to you for $12 - $13 based on the Greysheet prices. It's not easy though as many dealers know the real value of the set is higher than the sheets. Not all of them though. I recently bought a group of 5 1996 mint sets for $50 at a show because the dealer treated them like every other mint/proof set and figured they were worth a little bit less than bid. It's something I look for at shows to sort of keep me entertained and I buy the '96 set w/ the dime anytime I can find it at bid or less. In the past two years I've gotten around 25 of them Good luck.
  
  If you want just the dime and not the full set, don't pay more than $10 for it. Remember if you decide to buy a full 1996 mint set, you get $1.82 face value in other coins so you could always cash those in as sort of a cash-back rebate Or, buy the '96 set w/ dime for around $15 or so, then pull the dime and sell the rest of the set as it usually gets $5-$10 on eBay w/o the dime... but that seems like a lot of work.

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• garrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 7:29AM

  
  I just bought one for $12.00 off my coin shop bid board last week. Still in the mylar wrapper. Pristine. No marks at all.

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• cladking Posts: 28,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 2, 2010 8:11AM

  Phillip Diehl, then director of the US Mint, instigated these as a reward for long
  term mint set buyers. It also marks the 50th anniversary of the Roosevelt dime.
  There was only a single "W" mint dime inside the envelope which was packaged
  separately from the Philly and Denver coins.
  
  This dime comes very nice with near gems being typical. Gems and choice gems
  tend to be common. Very high grade gems in PL exist.

  tempus fugit extra philosophiam.

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