I just went to the bank after work today to get my first rolls to search through. I wanted halves but they only had 8 rolls so I picked those up and just went for the rest dimes. I have $600 worth of dime rolls right now. I am wondering what I should keep my eye out for besides the obvious silver. Any advice and input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
There are a handful of D/D's I keep an eye out for. Plus proof dimes, you'll find them every now and then.
What I look for (aside from excellent BU dimes of any year, basically) is proof dimes that have been spent, the 2009 dimes, the 1982 no P dime (although I haven't found one in circulation and don't really expect to --- there were maybe 15,000 of them or something like that, and most found their way to Sandusky, Ohio (ca. 8-10 thousand of them) or Pittsburg (3-5 thousand), with a few others found in circulation, and if they are still to be found in the wild, most likely it will be from around there where someone unknowingly kept some of the dimes not realizing that it was valuable), the 1975 Proof No S dime (although again, I don't expect to find one, one may have been released from a holder and spent by someone unaware of looking at the mintmark), the major doubled die dimes, any silver dimes, 1995 W and 1996 W dimes that may have been inadvertently spent and the like. Just start familiarizing yourself with what you want to look for and go to it. Have fun!
Basically because of the recession, many people were turning in their "hoarded" coins, so the reserve didn't need to continue minting some of the coins they had planned to in 2009. All the dimes and nickels were affected, with a huge reduction to levels not seen since 1951 for the nickels, and 1955 for the dimes. In addition the last three of the lincoln cents designs for 2009 were also affected and minted in lower amounts than planned. The nickels and dimes were stopped minting in APRIL, which is crazy to think of usually. Check out this: http://www.coinnews.net/2009/04/29/us-mint-halts-2009-nickels-and-dimes-production/
