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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4981943, member: 101855"]Yep, U.S. coins used to be made out of silver. I am old enough to remember spending them. You could also go to a bank and exchange paper dollars for silver dollars. Oddly enough, they had Morgan Dollars more often than Peace Dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>That dime is 74 years old. When I was a young numismatist (YN) in the mid 1960’s a dime that age would have been a Seated or Barber Dime. Those of us who have been collectors for years do not put a lot of stock in a 1946 Roosevelt Dime because some us actually plucked one out of circulation to put in an album. I did that. Now it’s something that is “exotic” for a new collector because of its age. It’s an interesting perspective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4981943, member: 101855"]Yep, U.S. coins used to be made out of silver. I am old enough to remember spending them. You could also go to a bank and exchange paper dollars for silver dollars. Oddly enough, they had Morgan Dollars more often than Peace Dollars. That dime is 74 years old. When I was a young numismatist (YN) in the mid 1960’s a dime that age would have been a Seated or Barber Dime. Those of us who have been collectors for years do not put a lot of stock in a 1946 Roosevelt Dime because some us actually plucked one out of circulation to put in an album. I did that. Now it’s something that is “exotic” for a new collector because of its age. It’s an interesting perspective.[/QUOTE]
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