“Two gas stations within an hour drive have signs posted ” we accept 20 cents for one gallon of gas * pre-64 dimes”.”
I call your BS.
I have done this myself. As a metals investor I could order metals and pay over spot plus shipping. Or I could source local through exchange for much less than spot price.
Which is the wiser? Independent businessmen absolutely do this when they are metal fanatics... And do the math... The silver value of a dime is $2.85 right now. That would be getting almost $6 a gallon for $.20 cents face value of these two dimes.
Right now the real grabbers to horde are 1946-2014 Nickels. And the older 1942-1945 Silver War Nickles are worth $2.21 cents.
The 1946-2014 Nickels are still actually worth more than their own face value in metals at $0.056 and will just go up with time.