Michigan: You Could Have A Dime Worth $450K

We often look at coins and currency bills and take their face value for what they are, but if we want to be honest, money is worth more than its established value. Yes, if we think about this for a minute, everything we need in life costs money or is improved with cash, so money is worth everything.

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Money is one of the most important things to us as humans. There is very little that can be done without money making its value incomparable. Each currency note has an attached value that it can be used for in the world but we all know that it's worth more to us than that. The cool thing is, that some currency notes are worth more than their posted value as well and could be anywhere in the world including Michigan.

No, this doesn't mean you can go and spend these currency notes at a store and get more than they are valued for, but there is a way for you to make significant money from them. There have been several occasions of U.S Mint errors or changes such as the material used, the date, serial numbers, and other variables.

These changes and the limited supply are what create the added value for these currency notes. We have seen quarters, pennies, nickels, dimes, and even dollar bills find themselves in this prestigious category. This time, we are looking for another dime that could make you rich, literally.

Shine Bright Like A Diamond

This specific dime is being sought after because of an issue that occurred during the proofing process for these batches of dimes. Proofing is the polishing portion of the minting process that U.S. coins go through during production. These specific dimes were double-proofed which leads to them being extra shiny.

It is said that double-proofed coins will shine like a mirror and will even allow you to see a reflection in them. Most of them aren't minted for circulation, most of them are for collectors, and every so often we get lucky and a few of them find themselves in the everyday world.

Which Dime?

Now that you have placed all of your double-proofed dimes to the side you are looking for the ones that were minted in 1975. This is one of the most valuable dimes in the world but there is a little more you need to do to verify that you're entitled to a large payday.

First, you need to check that you have dimes from 1975 and then you need to check for there to be a small "s" printed above the year. If there is an "s" then you have just another dime as this "s" stands for the San Francisco Mint but the special ones have a printing error.

The desired dime doesn't have a small "s" printed due to an error during the minting process. These double-proofed and missing "s" dimes are worth a fortune. If you think you're holding on to one then you should have it confirmed by a coin expert and then look for a seller and make yourself $450,000 richer.