I was coin roll hunting $200 of customer wrapped rolls on June 2 from my favorite bank. I started off by weighing all the rolls. My scale is accurate to the nearest gram, and with the normal variations in weight from dime to dime due to manufacturing and wear, the weight of one roll of clad dimes is either 113 or 114 grams, with an occasional roll at 115 grams. Thus the only thing I can really tell since a clad dime weighs 2.27 grams is if I'm short a dime or two (which invariably happens on a roll or two), or if I'm heavy. Usually if the roll is heavy, it means there's an extra dime. I'm always hopeful that the weight will be significantly over, as in a solid roll of silver dimes which would be 11.5 grams heavier than a solid roll of clad dimes. More realistic is the scenario of 3 to 4 silver dimes in a roll which should round up to being 1 gram heavy. One roll weighed in at 116 grams. I compared its length to a roll that weighed 114 grams, and it appeared not to have an extra dime. I carefully slid the dimes out so only the edges were showing, and I counted three silver edges (roll 1 in photos). The wrapper was different from most of the other wrappers, and the name "Elsie" had been written on it. Two of the normal weight rolls also had "Elsie" written on them. I opened up the first of those two rolls. Again, there were three silver edges (roll 2 in photos). By this point, I'm thinking I have a major score. I opened the last of the three "Elsie" rolls, and saw only clad edges. I thought that I should be satisfied with 6 silver dimes, but luck was with me as I hit three more rolls each with a single silver dime in them for a total of 9 silver dimes. The dates were 1935- (my third CRH mercury dime), 1963-, and 1964D in the first "Elsie" roll; 1924- (my fourth and oldest CRH mercury dime), 1958-, and 1961- in the second "Elsie" roll; and 1952S (my first San Francisco mint CRH dime), 1953-, and 1960- as singles in three other rolls.
My silver dime total is now 40 out of $4445 customer wrapped rolls searched.
My silver dime total is now 40 out of $4445 customer wrapped rolls searched.
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