[pianotech] OT Doubloons

[paul bruesch]

I know... it was a joke... (note the raspberry-tongue emoticon)
AnOn

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote:

>  They’re called Mercury dimes because of the design on the obverse (front)
> side of the coin.  They were, in fact, minted out of silver.
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> Tom
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *paul bruesch
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:54 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] OT Doubloons
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> I thought earlier dimes were made from silver, not mercury. I'd think
> that'd be kinda dangerous, wouldn't it?
> ;-P
> AnOn
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> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote:
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> You can ignore the dimes and quarters before 1964; they're the clad ones.
> All the silver coins were 1963 and earlier.  All the buffalo nickels are
> relatively valuable as are the mercury dimes.
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> Tom
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