I know I don't have such a big Roosevelt dime collection. I haven't spent a dime on a single one (pun intended). I have most from 1965-2002. No proof just circulated strikes. I made this all up by just from loose change I collected up in 2 years. So I got all these dimes face value. I'm just trying to focus on my ike album. I will get to Roosevelt dimes eventually and a dansco. But this is a slow process since I am a kid. I call this binder my stationary binder. This binder I use to start up a collection pretty much. (Except Large Dollars obviously). Note: Yes I am aware the ending date should be 2002D on the title of the binder.
Hard to see what you've got going on, but it looks like you're off to a great start. I want to work on a set, except focusing on raw toners. I have a binder like yours housing the bulk of my military trade token collection.
I have a bunch of clad Ike's laying around that aren't doing me any good. PM me and let me know what you need and I will get them to you for face value if you cover shipping. Hope that doesn't break any forum rules.
Congrats on the set. I ended up almost completing the 1946-1964 set in 2014. I got them all out of circulation. I have every date, I am just missing a few mint marks such as 1949d. Over twenty of my silver dimes I found in circulation are from 1964 alone, it looks to be the most common year. I have found a total of around 130 silver dimes Coin Roll Hunting in 2014, and 32 Walking Liberty Half dollars a cashier at a supermarket had in her tray. I good idea to help you complete the set is coin roll hunting. You can go to your local bank and tell them "Hello, I collect coins and am wondering if I could buy a box of dimes? I am trying to complete a set of every year of dime." Most tellers have no problem with selling you a box (for face value obviously) and most tellers are rather interested. I have a few banks that set anything old and interesting aside for me, even some that will order many boxes of half dollars for me each week. When you search your box take it to another bank and exchange it for cash to buy another box or deposit it in your account. Remember to tell the bank teller in the bank the same thing -that you collect coins and went through these to find the dates you need to complete your collection- If you go to banks a lot coin roll hunting you will not need to say anything. In fact, sometimes right when I walk in one bank they let me cut in line and get a box of halves or dimes for me without even asking. Anyways, I hope you complete your set soon and good luck. Edited by me to add more info.
Don't be discouraged from asking to get rolls from the banks. If you have, say 25$, just go into a bank and ask the teller for 5 rolls of dimes. If you don't have a dump bank, arrange with a small mom/pop convenience store/restaurant/liquor store to trade in your re-rolled (or loose, sometimes) coins. Many of those places have a great need for change.
I'll tell you this, I've been collecting coins since longer than I can remember (and we shan't get into how many years that is lol), and I've never seen the clad dimes all together like this. Really cool idea, I mean it. The silvers are going to be hard to find in circulation. Good luck.
I've roll searched dimes before you can usually pull a silver one out of a box of $250. When you get an extra $5 go to your bank an buy a roll you'll be surprised what might show up.
Whitman blue folders are perfect for a set like this (and eliminate the PVC concern). When I was first starting, I pored over all my dad's pocket change and filled up folders for each denomination. This was a great project, makes an attractive display, and taught me a lot about grading circulated coinage (I graded each one as I put it in the album). Of course, they were all F-EF, but over the years I upgraded the coins as I found nicer specimens. Now they are all EF-AU. Still not worth anything, but it was fun (and I still have them all).
It's great to see younger people entering the hobby (egad, I guess now I consider myself older)! Conratulations on your roosie collection, its a great series to start with as there are not really any keys. They are all fairly common to find in circulation. It took me about a year to fill my clad Whitman from loose change and the occassional roll. Its fun to upgrade individual pieces as you go along. To keep this series fun for me, I'm now trying to find all of the major and (some) of the minor varieties. I wish I had been looking for those since the beginning....Lincolns are a little bit more of a challenge, it took me several years to fill that folder, but for a young collector they are the a very economical way to enjoy collecting. Please continue to update us with your successes and failures, there is a wealth of knowledge on this forum.
