09-11-2016, 05:49 AM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=GGD]
[quote=rjmacs]
I recently helped a friend role thousands of coins for deposit.... So many Mercury dimes!
I'm pretty sure those mercury dimes were worth a lot more than 10 cents each based on their silver content.
My first thought, too. As long ago as the '70s, my dad always made a point of separating out any silver-based coinage (pre-1965, IIRC) from the coins he collected at his business. I inherited all of it upon his death in the '80s - it's packed away in a closet .
You can hear the difference when you drop mixed coins on a hard surface. The silver ones "ring". I snagged quite a few counting down the registers at work when I was younger.