I work at Home Depot as a cashier and today I found a 1936 Mercury dime in my till. I cracked open my roll of dimes as usual. After ringing out one of my customers and starting to give him change I noticed the 1936 Mercury dime in my drawer. Thinking out loud, "I say wow a 1936 Mercury dime!" The customer said wow can I trade you a dime for it. I was like sorry man, I'm a collector, it's mine! I learned that I shouldn't think out loud anymore! Then I got a 1963 $10 bill. I bought that too. I've been there since October and all I've found is a wheat penny and a $2 bill. However, today was a good day. I never would expect to see a Mercury dime in circulation. I would grade it a VG at least. I scanned in some pictures. I'd appreciate other people's opinion on how it grades. 1936 Mercury Dime (obverse) 1936 Mercury Dime (reverse)
Good find! I often find old coins in my till at the grocery store.The other day I found an AU+ 1955-D cent. I have found a couple mercury dimes, proofs, silver quarters, halves, and dimes. Also a couple war nickels, buffalo nickels, steel cents and numerous wheat cents. Amazing whats out there if you know what to look for! David
The pics are a bit small, but from what I can make out ,,,your dime looks to be a Fine,,,, nice find at any rate,,, even at melt about 6x face. Retail around 90 cents to 1.25 By the way, its a 1936-D
