An ultra-rare 1975 dime stashed away for decades just surfaced—and sold for a whopping $500,000

https://fortune.com/2024/10/28/rare-dime-discovered-500000-worth-1975/

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marketsnodsbury@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Anyone else find it slightly annoying that the main picture Fortune chose for this article is a 2005 dime?

SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Extremely annoying.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

1975? Not even silver...

Kaiyoto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I'll never understand why anyone would spend half a million on a dime with no s.

Waldowal@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That's about 4.38% annual return over 40 years. Not terrible, but could have done better investing in something else.

EDIT: The brother paid $18,200 for the dime. But my original number of 4.38% was off because I used the inflation adjusted $90k cost. More accurate number is 8.64%.

Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think your math is a bit off. It's more like 56.3% annually over 50 years

Waldowal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

My numbers are off, but I think you missed the part where they paid $18,200 for it. I had used the inflation-adjusted $90k previously. Using $18,200, the ROI is 8.64% - which isn't too bad.