Surprises Hidden in Coin Collections

My grandmother had several collections. She collected stickers, stamps, rocks, baseball cards, and coins. When she passed, she left each of her children and grandchildren a small part of each of these collections.

Most of the coins in the coin collection given to me and my siblings were attractive and interesting but not worth any money. One day a few weeks ago, however, as I was packing to move. I took a moment to look at these coins again. In the storage containers I found the same amazing little coins that I remembered but there was one that had broken loose and was not in any kind of coin holder. I picked up this coin and looked at it. It was a Mercury Dime! All Mercury dimes are worth at least 10 times their face value but certain ones are worth much, much more.

It turns out that my particular dime was a 1916-D dime which is one of those ones that is worth much, much more than it’s face value. It’s amazing to find such a treasure in my collection. Especially when it was a complete surprise! You can bet, however that I’m getting a very special coin holder for this coin and it certainly won’t be kept loose any longer!

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Posted on: Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 10:46 pm

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