Are any of the Roosevelt dimes key dates? I know the mintages sometimes don't reflect the actual amount of the surviving specimens that were not lost or destroyed. Anybody a dime collector?
For years both the 1949-s and 1950-s have commanded significant premiums over other dates in MS65 or better, the 1949-s more so. I have always thought of the 1949-s to be the key to the series, becase it was that way for my young and mid-age collector life. Even in EF, the 1949-s commanded a substantial premium over the other dates in like condition.
Agree with ers, the 49-S is the traditional key date although honestly none of the dates are rare as you know. They can all still be acquired in roll quantity, often OBW rolls. The "rave" now is the coins with the FB or FT lines. Some of these command outrageous premiums, often in the thousands $$!! Good coin topic Stormy.
One of the cheapest collections you can put together... The only ones that I know command higher values other than the ones mentioned are all the Silver Proofs and the '96 W... If you look hard enough you might be able to get a complete collection of the '46-'64 for under $100.00!...but you'll probably pay that much for all the silver proofs too...the other dime that I find brings a premium is the 1983 P...tons were minted but for some reason were horded in significant numbers to render them to be rather rare in AU thru BU condition...I have several collections of them and none of them is totally complete as the silver proofs are over priced IMHO...its almost cheaper to buy the silver proof sets and break out the ones you need... I also feel that the Roosevelt dimes are over due for a complete change too...they are about as ugly as the Barber Dimes...I much prefer the fictitious characters that use to be depicted on our coins...(Seated, standing, walking, fukin', liberty coins)
Judging from mintages the 1955pds looks like keys, but I bet they were saved in mass. I was just wondering since I just won these and they looked pretty high grade.
I'm a Roose collector stormy, I've been collecting FB/ FT Roose's for year's. Like empire say's, the FB/FT Roose's are rare and hard to find in some year's and bring a nice penny when found. Even a common date 1963 in FB can be worth over a $100 and more. The hardest one for me to find so far has been a nice all white, or nicely toned 49-S in FT.
Though I look at my Roosevelt sets, I have neglected to update them for years. I have three complete sets. (1)1946-1964 MS63+, (1) 1946-1976 MS65+ including S proofs, and (1) 1946-1987 MS63+ including S proofs. I guess that I have not been following them sufficiently in other ways too. I was unaware of FB/FT designations. How long has this been designation been popular? At the risk of appearing completely inept hobbywise , does PCGS or NGC recognize these designations?
a VERY EASY SET TO COLLECT AND PROLLY THE MOST OVERLOOKED SET AS WELL.Just lookat the price guide in the Red book to see the more popular coins. But the real sleepers are the Silver proof dimes. As far as the 1983 goes, the mint did a lousy job on these coins and inevitably it is hard to find a well struck '83 dime with FT. most people want them cause there was no mint set for that year. My first complete BU collectin was the roosies, got them all to date except the 2009 denver coin Where are you 2009d ? Great topic stormy
Most all the clad 65 and up can be had BU with a lot of patience. Go to your bank and ask for $100.00 or more in dime rolls and start peeling through, repeat as necessary. I still pick up 65-69 half dollars (40% silver) doing this, about 1-3 per $1000.00.
FB & FT ??? How about a expert explanation? Can the bands be seen without magnification? Is one term used by one grading authority or another? Help us newbies please.
A truly nice FB can be seen with the naked eye with no problem. You should beable to see the lines in between the bands easy. But be careful, just because a slab says FB, doesn't mean it is. I have seen alot of Pcgs slabbed Roose's that say FB that are not. One reason I mostly buy NGC slabbed FT Roose's.
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