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If he got them from the bank, which is what it says in the thread, then theft is a lot less likely. I agree that is does not always mean theft was involved. I'm just saying that it can not be discounted, everything depending on time, place, and circumstances.

 

If it was theft these dimes would not have been used at face value. 50 silver dimes for a $5.00 purchase, I'm just not seeing the scenario in which a thief would do that. Chances are the person who used the roll of dimes didn't know they were silver or didn't think silver was worth much.

 

Maybe they would if they stole more obviously valuable coins and just unloaded these. That often happens. But in this case, aside from your valid point, it came from the bank. I think it makes the point that they might be stolen as being rather remote.

 

id find the bank that those came from......

 

I love these worn out old Mercs. At the time, a dime really meant something... a ride on the subway, a Captain Marvel Comic Book, a Doughnut and Coffee... Can you imagine buying something for a dime? The Times is $3. No inflation there.

 

Boom! Boom! Boom! Nice snag guy! I would of bought the 2 rolls at a bank with no questions asked!

 

I know where they came from

 

A Million? Not even close..
At $1.88 melt value for each silver coin and he found 100 of them.. So that comes out to $188.00

 

I just finished going thru 2 shoe boxes of old silver that my brother had! Morgans, Peace, Franklins, Walkers, Kennedys, Standing Liberty quarters (a handful), Washington quarters (2 large ziplock bags), Mercury dimes (2 sandwich size bags), Buffalo nickels (2 sandwich size bags), and other assorted goodies/odds-ends (canadian silver I think). Unfortunately all are all low-grade, very-heavily circulated coins. The morgans are all of the most common dates (P's, O's and few S-mint) and range from G/VG to mostly F with a few VF/EF mixed in. The Kennedys and Franklins are in nicer shape and he let me take them home to go thru them, along with a bag of Wheaties. All told there's about 14-15 lbs of silver! Im going to pick thru the dimes for a low-ball collection (as payment). The franklins and kennedys I know little about - so...it'll be fun to look at them. Anywho...my big question is...what to do with all the Buffalo nickels; the majority of then are so worn that I cant even read the date? Would a bank give me 5 cents for each one? The ones with dates I'll research and/or bag up to give back to my brother. Thanks ya'll!!

 

For the buffalo nickels, I would recommend buying a bottle of Nic-a-date. You put a drop of it on the date and the acid eats away and reveals the date.

 

Nah....saving them in the hopes my grandchildren might like them.

 

I hope it comes in big bottles Thanks!

 

No problem lol. One bottle is about $10 but it lasts a long time because you only use a drop each time. I am currently trying to fill a Whitman album with Nic-a-date buffalo nickels.

 

More than just old wrappers...am of the mind that these are old rolls, period...laying around rolled up for all these years. Nice jackpot.

 

My father had a Nickel roll where none of the coin's dates were readable. Where can I purchase Nic-A-Date?

 

Amazon is one but there a bit pricey.

 

They were in a couple safe deposit boxes. My brother-in-law got the good stuff (basically took it and ran) - all the albums and high dollar stuff - he's a crook lol!