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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LA_Geezer, post: 3447586, member: 89393&quot;]I was out of high school in 1962; I had a government job with the Navy Department. When I would see my dad, he would ask to see my change then forthwith exchange new clad for any silver dimes or quarters he found...usually with a small bonus.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the same time, I remember drinking a cup of coffee at a counter in a Howard Johnson&#039;s restaurant—no food, just a 15¢ cup of coffee. I left two Mercury dimes as the waitress&#039;s tip, but as I was paying the check, I heard her shouting out her disappointment to the other wait staff for such a small tip. I remember thinking to myself that a 20¢ tip on a 15¢ sale was quite a deal. I wonder if either of those dimes was a &#039;16D.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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