What does it mean when you find a dime? In this post, we explore the significance of dimes and the afterlife, along with the spiritual meaning of finding dimes.
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When I wrote the poem, Ghosts, which is the story of my friend’s passing and subsequent visit to me from the afterlife (if you don’t believe in this sort of thing, you’re welcome to stop reading now), I mentioned finding dimes. We had a remarkable flurry of finding dimes in the months after he passed, too frequent to be coincidental.
The dimes would show up at random times, all by themselves on a table-top or the middle of the floor. If we talked about my friend or just finding the dimes with someone, we’d notice a dime when we walked into another room, or returned home.
The placement of the dimes appeared deliberate, neatly lined up in the center of a surface, heads up, very visible. It got to be that we’d just say, “Oh, hello!” when we’d discover one. Just joking around, but really not, you know? Our interpretation for finding dimes was that it was a message of some sort.
The most telling example of this phenomenon was when we returned from a long bike ride with friends.
We had ridden the trail from our house to downtown Minneapolis, enjoyed dinner on a rooftop overlooking the city.
On the return trip, my friend and I left our husbands behind on the bike trail, and I confided that I’d been “visited” by Phil’s ghost and that we’d been finding dimes everywhere. I mentioned I was reluctant to share this, but she assured me she believed every word.
As we rolled up the driveway to our house and lowered our kickstands we looked at the cement step of our front stoop.
Right in the middle on the step’s edge, heads up, was – you guessed it – a dime.
Other placements were in the middle of the driveway directly in front of the garage door, and on the side door’s step. It must have been that Phil was hanging around outside as well as visiting inside.
Image of a Capped Bust dime. Original images obtained from coinfacts.com, specifically http://www.coinfacts.com/dimes/capped_bust_dimes.html. Combined into one image with Photoshop. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
After a while, the dime discoveries tapered off a bit, but there were still occasions where Pete and I would be finding a dime heads up during a meaningful moment. The phenomenon of dimes appearing out of nowhere got to be something we’d remark upon, but were comfortable with.
One of the most significant was when we were seated getting ready for takeoff on our trip to Alaska. We always get adjoining aisle seats if we can, and there in the middle of the plane’s aisle right between us after we settled in, was a dime. I pointed at it during takeoff and we just looked into each other’s eyes. There was nothing to say.
Another time, we were riding a bus in Russia (we were visiting for the Winter Olympics in Sochi) in the very front seat. There was a flat little platform between us and the stairway exit. Lying right there was a Russian 10 kopek coin. Check the photo below! When you find a dime – or their equivalent of a dime – in a place like that, you tend to notice!
Russian 10 kopek in Sochi Bus
We’ve definitely experienced finding dimes everywhere. I just remembered that when we moved to the island of Kauai in 2013, Pete was moving stuff around on the back lanai of our rental house: old pots and containers that had been left by the previous tenants. He picked one dirty old empty pot up and there was a dime underneath it on the cement. Of course, I didn’t get a photo because he didn’t tell me about it until much later – he likes to play the skeptic!
Finding Dimes Remembrance Box
We got the idea to design a remembrance box for folks who want to keep their dimes. It comes in two sizes: 2 inches x 2 inches, and 3 inches by 3 inches square. The lid comes completely off and then is secured with magnets. You can even customize the date on the dime image to make it very personal.
Obviously, this doesn’t answer the question of what does it mean when you find dimes, but you might want to keep a list with notes about what year the dime was minted, where you found it, how you were feeling around the time you found it, were there any milestone events in your life at that time, etc. I wish we had started to do that when we began to find dimes everywhere, but we just didn’t know!
What does it mean when you find dimes randomly like this? I wish I would have researched this phenomenon back then, but it never occurred to me to do so. On occasion I would share these examples with people and just as likely as not, would get a condescending little smirk in reaction.
There were some who believed that there was a correlation with the beyond, and some who most emphatically did not. I tended not to mention additional sightings to those who did not, but did share a couple of instances with Pete’s family when we sat around the dinner table and the subject of ghosts came up.
On the subject of finding dimes, Sylvia Browne is a name that frequently comes up. I found this video from back in 2007 from the Montel Williams show where the discussion is about finding dimes:
This little book chronicles a woman’s journey to understanding the spiritual meaning of finding dimes. If you read the Amazon reviews, many of them (just like in the comments on this post) tell of finding dimes after a death of a loved one. Most started out with the realization of “hey, I keep finding dimes” and then began to keep track of just when and where, just as we did. It’s validating and heartwarming to see that others have had similar experiences.
One year in June I returned to Michigan to attend what my side of the family was calling “CousinFest 2010.” We were on the main outing, all we cousins, which was a Leelanau County winery tasting tour. Getting into the back seat of a vehicle with my oldest cousin, I spotted a dime on the floor between us.
“Look,” I said, jokingly. “Someone is telling us they’re pleased we’re together today. I wonder if it’s your mom or mine?” We chuckled and I put the dime in my purse, thinking surely it fell out of the console where they might keep spare change for a toll or something.
We proceeded into the next stop and were gone for a while. Back in the car again, and there’s a dime on the seat between us. Now that was spooky. I wouldn’t put it past one of my knucklehead rellies to have put it there as a joke, but they would’ve ‘fessed up by now.
Composite image of a Mercury dime (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Finding dimes after someone dies is actually quite common. In July of 2010, we lost Pete’s mom, Joan, not unexpectedly, but still rather suddenly. In the shock of the next few days, a family friend, Jill, whom Joan had treated as a daughter, was very distraught as they’d been on vacation when Joan passed.
Jill and her family rushed to our home without stopping at theirs upon arriving into town and we had an emotional visit. Then, they proceeded to their house to unpack and settle in. Turning down her bed covers that night, Jill found a dime. Now it’s kind of hard to imagine she wouldn’t have noticed it laying there on the flat sheet before she pulled the covers up to make the rest of the bed. And of course, there was nobody in the house during the week that they were on vacation, either. How would you explain it?
1902 Barber Dime (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Pete’s dad began finding dimes right away, too. One appeared on the table beside his favorite chair, one of a pair in their living room where they would frequently sit together while Joan was ill. Another was under his shoes as they lay beside the bed ready for him to swing his feet into upon awakening. Another dime was discovered in the lawn at the cabin, just at the moment he looked down at his feet.
By now, we were all on the lookout for dimes. We suggested everyone make a clean sweep of tabletops and landing places, so we could start an analysis from scratch. Several more were discovered at the cabin, which is the family’s favorite place, and at home.
Photo taken by Bobby131313. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In August of that year, Pete and I decided we would retreat to our beloved Minnesota North Shore. I wrote about our meaningful experiences in our series, Looking Into Forever – Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. Those posts were very difficult to write, as they contained very powerful experiences, messages and reminders.
What I didn’t tell you is that while Pete was breaking our camp for the last time on our last day, he found a dime all by itself in one of the tent’s mesh pockets. We had never used them for spare change whatsoever.
The following year, Pete’s dad passed away in January. When the family gathered together at our home for my birthday in June, I was surprised that there was a gift for me with his name on it. Pete’s sister explained that he had seen the necklace and had set it aside for a birthday gift because he knew I would like it.
Jokingly, I looked up at the ceiling and said, “Well, thank you, Dennis!” and then went into the kitchen to serve cake and ice cream. As I returned into the dining area, there on the carpet was a dime. Now I had vacuumed the floors thoroughly anticipating guests that morning. How do you suppose that dime got there?
At findingdimes.org, we’re told by a commenter,
“There is an old adage that says “Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is proof.” So I feel like something is going on here. This is not random. There is a reason why I am finding these dimes. Someone is sending me these dimes. I’m not sure exactly who. Or exactly why.”
Another commenter responds,
“Dimes are a sign of love from someone who has passed on and it’s their way of sending encouragement and peace.”
Another reference I found provided these anecdotal insights:
“Last night a dime suddenly dropped in my house. But the weird thing is…I am from Europe. I have never been in USA.”
“When I find a dime I look to see which side it is on. If it is on the flame side(the torches) I take that to mean direction. The torches are a trinity, a number of completeness. I know that wherever I was in my mind at the moment I found the dime is something I should consider and know that the creator is listening. If it is on heads I take that to mean “face it.” Face where I am at the moment and except it. I know this may sound silly but since I have been finding dimes for a long time I gave them this significance. I’m glad to know that I am not the only one that finding dimes is weird.”
and this (wishful?) insight:
“Pay phones only used to cost a dime to call somebody… Spirits are asking you to call them. That’s the honest truth.”
Evidently, many people tattoo themselves with a dime and a significant date after a loss. There are many comments supporting the practice and acceptance that this is a sign throughout the older entries in InkedBlog. The dime tattoo meaning varies.
Wilder theories abound in another forum:
“In numerology the numbers 1-9 are used as well as the double digit (master) numbers 11,22,33 and so on. I think that finding a dime could signify a new beginning. In numerology you take the numbers down as far as they go, so 10 would be 1+0=1. The end of the single digit cycle, and the beginning of the double digit cycle. It’s a perfect number. A perfect balance of positive and negative. The Yin and Yang of the number world. So. Take finding dimes as a sign of change (quite literally).”
and
The meaning of number ten deals with returning to our center, coming full circle. Ten holds a vibration of unity, as well as fresh starts.
If the number One symbolizes the beginning (& it does), then we can say that the number Ten represents the outcome, result, or achievement of that first step or beginning.
The most profound message number Ten hails is “whatever we sew, we shall now reap.” In other words, “what comes around goes around.”
Ten also represents fulfillment, attainment, and completion. These attributes are obtained by observing the Ten containing all the elementary numbers from 1 to 9. As such, Ten is a vessel holding all the jumbled up potential found in the language of numbers.
Ten is also a bit slippery because reduced – it turns back to number One – hence, again – a full circle, coming to the beginning – finding unity (all is one, one is all).
That you are picking up a great deal of dimes is quite a good sign. Specifically, dimes may be symbolic of shiny opportunities coming your way that you once thought were lost to you.
Remember Tens are strong representation of recycling events (full circle) – a dime is a superior symbolic symbol of such phenomenon. Consider how many times a dime (or any money for that matter) is recycled through our society.
Symbolic dimes provide messages of lost opportunities regained. Things we thought we should not or could not do are beginning to resurface. Our energies are being recycled. Our intellectual currency is on the brink of change.
Shiny, bright and round…these dimes on your path are beacons of promise. They hold the meaning of number Ten firmly in their vibration and that is: “Events are coming full circle. Cast off the old, and don the new. Step into the beginning that is for your greatest good.”
It’s quite a lot to think about, isn’t it? So much so, that I’m not sure what to think. However, I remain very willing to believe these instances are not mere coincidence.
A couple of weeks before I initially wrote this post, a friend was over and mentioned she and her husband were going up to the North Shore on their anniversary weekend. Did I have any recommendations for her? I walked into my office and picked up our heavy North Shore notebook to get out a brochure for her. A dime flew out. It had been on the top page in the looseleaf binder. How did it get there?
About the same time, in an attempt to declutter, I’d been consolidating. When I opened a dresser drawer that hadn’t been used in months, amid all the other items was a lonely dime. No other spare change.
Image via Wikipedia
What does it mean when you find a dime? Can all these instances of finding a dime be explained away by a non-believer? Certainly. I don’t think we’ll ever know, even though there are anecdotes and tales of dimes appearing mysteriously and literally in thin air, while people were showering (with no pockets for a dime to fall out of), in locations far away where they were unlikely to be, and in places where your first glance would fall.
We’ll probably never completely know the spiritual significance of dimes for sure. I’m hoping, though, I’ll find out once I reach the afterlife so that I can continue the practice with those for whom I care so much who remain here after me. Even if I’m wondering what does it mean to find a dime now, maybe we can all decide what the message will be before I go!
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That’s fascinating!
Hi Dot – Isn’t it? My niece responded on Facebook that she’s been finding them a lot, too. One just this morning on a cooking magazine. Her Grandma was a wonderful cook, so she took it as a message. She also remembered some other instances in the family when Pete’s sister passed. Thanks.
Betsy,
I love stories like this. I’m a believer, even though I haven’t had any experience, like yours. I figure there are so many mysteries in this world we don’t understand, that it’s a good idea to not just reject things because we don’t understand them.
I also like the idea of dimes and the number 10, but my favorite was the person who said that “Dimes are a sign of love from someone who has passed on and it’s their way of sending encouragement and peace.” I will start looking for dimes or other objects to appear:~)
Hi Sara – I wonder how many signals I’ve missed from being unaware? I like what you said about life’s mysteries and things don’t have to be explained to be noticed and appreciated, too. Thank you.
That is a most fascinating story. I have no doubt it’s true, although I haven’t experienced finding mysterious dimes lying around. Having read this, I would be excited and overjoyed to have such contact with loved ones from beyond. Thank you for sharing this.
Hi Linda – Welcome to PassingThru! We’re glad you enjoyed this. Let us know if you notice anything in the future.
Beautiful story. Thank you so much for sharing it. I have so many tales to tell that are in a similar vein. However, I am going to borrow one from my husband. A good friend’s sister died. The sister had a fascination with magpies. After her death, magpie images were showing up everywhere for my husband’s friend.
My husband did not know about the magpies, and a couple of days after the funeral, he went over to her house with a bottle of wine. On the label? A magpie.
A week later, this woman looked outside, and there in the yard was a magpie.
Important note: There are no magpies in Quebec. This is NOT their territory.
Hi Eliza – I love it! A magpie is something that is so unusual it can’t just be coincidental. I think we just need to be a little more aware of a message, no matter the source. Thanks for sharing that story. Would love to hear the others, too, at any time.
Hi Betsy .. I’ve never heard anything like it .. and you explain it so well .. and I think I’d feel like you … so interesting to read.
Encouraging too .. and as Sara says being open to receiving and seeing .. absolutely fascinating .. and thank you for having the courage to post about it ..
Amazing times you’re both having .. thank you – loved it .. Hilary
Hi Hilary – Yes, you’re right, it’s been months of amazing things. Reminders of things unseen. 🙂
Oh I am reading a book to review right now that is just full of the wonders of these coincidences and the author says that is love speaking to you and for you to interpret. I may just have to link this post into the review…
On my morning walks for years I always found money, mostly pennies and one of my pockets contains the first quarter I discovered my first walk of this neighborhood 20 years ago. Now that I am worried about money, I am not finding it at all, consistent with what Kara read for my totem animal last spring….that it was like pennies and coins from heaven were falling all around me and I had this clear plastic umbrella open and for some reason I could not see it…
This kind of stuff truly fascinates me…Thank you for sharing.
Hi Patricia – Wow, that is a powerful thought: now that I am worried about (whatever), I am not finding it. Remember we’re told don’t worry about a lot of things in order for them to happen: getting pregnant, finding a partner, etc. Interesting stuff to ponder. Thank you.
Hi Betsy,
I had not heard of finding dimes, but had heard of finding feathers, which ironically I used to find a lot of after the passing of a dear friend.
I’m going to be on the lookout for dimes now that I’ve read your story with all of the meanings. Like you, I’m fascinated by this type of stuff and truly believe there’s “something” to it.
Hi Barbara – I didn’t know about finding feathers. Perhaps “they” may leave what we know about for us to find? Now that you’ll be on the lookout, let us know! Thanks.
Haha! Last night when I was brushing my teeth I found a dime on the bathroom counter, but I think it was part of the change my husband had on the counter that morning. Maybe…..
I wonder if that is the meaning of the feather in “Forest Gump”.
Love this story! I’ve always believed this world holds far more, well, thingees…..than we can perceive, be those “thingees” spirits, different dimensions, etc.
I’m also the kind of person who always waves when passing a cemetery to say ‘hi!’ to all the spirits residing there too. Makes me feel satisfied.
Hi Barbara – Thank you for saying that. It seems to me that all some ghosts want is a little acknowledgement, so saying hi is a nice gesture. 🙂
I’ve experienced this dime phenomenon after the death of two loved ones but why isn’t a hundred dollar bill left instead of a thin dime?
That it is a dime left and not a hundred dollar bill solves most of the mystery for me.
Hi Rebecka – Welcome to PassingThru! I would certainly take more notice of a hundred dollar bill myself! Thanks for your comment.
Betsy,
I am so happy that I stumbled on your blog today. My family has experienced the dime phenomena but, until now, had absolutely no idea it was not a unique experience. When my cousin Josh was fairly young, he was killed in a drunken motorcycle accident. Years later, his mother received a message from a woman claiming to be a psychic telling her that her son wanted her to know that he was okay and that if anyone in our family saw a dime we should think of him. There have been numerous occasions with the dimes but by far the most eery was my aunt’s (not Josh’s mom) car accident. Her car was shoved off of the road into a body of stagnant water with her in it. She got out safely, but her car and everything in it was covered in a thick muck from the bottom of the lake. Everything, except a brand new shiny dime. I know some people won’t believe this story, but I hope you do. I plan on sharing your story with my family.
One of the best dime stories yet. Wow.
I hope others will post their relevant experiences.
Hi Meagan – Welcome to PassingThru! Wow, what a compelling story. I believe you, and thank you for sharing with your family. Our family has all experienced this in one form or another, and we believe. I would love to hear the other instances you referred to. Thanks for stopping by and we hope you’ll stick around. 🙂
Betsy, I am so glad you posted this blog on FB! I am a firm believer in your dime story. I have found dimes now and again but have not paid it much mind. After my father died a year ago this Sunday, I had several electrical ” disturbances” in my shop.
The week after he passed, the lights at work flashed and dimmed and my computer was acting like it was posessed. I’ve heard of this prior so I was open to the possibility of “visits”.
It doesn’t happen so much any more, but I try to be aware to pop ins by Dad or my pets who have passed. I will now be looking for dimes. Thank you again for sharing with all of us. 🙂
Hi Stephanie – Welcome to PassingThru! Yes, you’re right about the electrical disturbance phenom, too. My daughter is a believer after we had an episode in an elevator right after she had dismissed my story about the dimes as ridiculous. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and we hope you’ll stick around, too.
There are two facebook groups dedicated to dimes.
Besides the one you listed, there is “The Dime Philosphy.”
I started it. I had no idea there was another. http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=119313324754844
Today a former student stumbled across your web page & thought I had something to do with it.
Boy did that make me smile.
I get calls from friends and family all the time. They don’t quite believe me till it happens to them. They find a dime in the back of a toilet. In the freezer. On a bridge in the middle of nowhere. In a suitcase. A dressing room.
I collect the dimes. Keep them. I decided to count them. I thought perhaps by now (this has happened since 2002 ish) I would have at least 100.
I stopped counting at 450.
When I was a child my mother got extremely angry at me for taking my little brother on a long walk. We stopped at a stranger’s house, an elderly lady. We accepted food, drink, went into her home, helped her do chores — and accepted money from her. A dime. At 8 years old I broke every rule in the book about strangers.
I got the spanking of my life, an my mother took my dime.
When I find dimes, it’s always at a crossroads. I trusted my instincts at 8, and helped this frail old lady pick green beans. It was okay. I used judgement. Intuition. When I find a dime, I feel it is my mother telling me to use my intuition, my instincts in choosing what is right to do.
Internet, and discovering that I am not the only person this happens to is a wonderful thing.
Hi Kathy – Thank you for posting your link. I didn’t know there was another Facebook group and I will happily check it out. And I know what you mean about people not believing it until it happens to them. Thank you for coming by and Welcome to PassingThru. 🙂
Kathy, what a lovely thing you did for that elderly woman, but I understand your mother repremanding you for breaking her rules. Thanks for sharing your story. Last night was my first time on Besty’s blog, reading about the dimes. And what did I find this morning in the doorway of my pantry? You guessed it! I said hi to Dad and my pup who went on to the Rainbow bridge 3 weeks ago. I miss them all terribly but find a smile and a good memory when I think of them.
I found one in the bottom of my purse yesterday!!
Hi Judy – LOL I know full too well you don’t believe in the dime thing. That’s okay; I’m sure those who love you know this and make their presence known in other ways. 🙂
I think that’s the one I lost!
WOW Betsy! I remember you telling me about the dimes but I didn’t realize how much they appeared in your life. I wonder where my dimes went? I knew Phil always had a special bond with you. 🙂
Hi Heidi – Welcome to PassingThru! That he did. I think he is hanging elsewhere, lately. Just keep an eye open. 🙂
Thank you so much for your dime story. I too have been finding many dimes in the strangest places during the past four years. The dimes started showing up when I began having a lot of financial and emotional hardships in my life. I believe that it is someone or being that is telling me that I will get through these hard times. I used to get frustrated at first with the dime thing, now I see it as a blessing. I am glad that someone is looking over my shoulder and providing me with encouragement to go on.
Hi Birgit – Welcome to PassingThru! I think your interpretation of what finding the dimes means is a good one. It does appear that someone is watching out over you. Thank you for sharing your story.
I have been finding dimes for literally weeks now. I thought I was going crazy! Not only was I finding dimes, I was finding SILVER dimes – you know, the ones people save, not get rid of. Part of what I do is run an honor vending service for my husband’s workplace. Well, started finding pure silver dimes in it, everyday, usually more than one even! I thought ok, some numbskull has dug into a change jar to use it to buy chips, not realizing that they were saving them because they were silver, etc. (Incidentally, it wasn’t just dimes at first, it was many rare collectible coins. Also why I thought that.) Anyway, it was silver quarters, copper dimes (which I never even knew existed), Sacagawea gold dollars (ALL from the year 2000, BTW), even a Mexican $5 piece! Then came the silver dimes… One after the other. You can see why I chalked it up to some boob who was unknowingly giving me rare coins.
But then they started to appear not in the vending money, but in my personal wallet. Well, if you know me, you know I never mingle my vending money and my personal money or change… I know exactly what’s in my coin portion of my wallet. Hells no I didn’t accidentally start leaving myself SILVER dimes in there! That’s when the truth hit me like a ton of bricks – hey! YOU’RE the numbskull! Here I am trying to get your attention and no matter what rare coins I give you – you STILL chalk it up to coincidence! And I knew it was way more than just a coincidence or some silly person being sloppy with collectible coins.
I knew there had to be a meaning, and I got on the interwebs & started checking things out, which leads me to here. The last dime I found was today. I am now finding (mostly) regular dimes, but they are old yet still shiny. And I found this one on my front stoop. It did NOT have any marks on it, and the mail man that just left the mail for me surely didn’t drop it – oddly that would have been obvious to him, had HE seen it only a moment before he would have picked it up, it seemed so odd, just sitting there smack dab in the middle of the landing…
As to meaning? I don’t know. Someone is trying really hard to get my attention about something but what the message is, is still unclear to me. I will keep noting the findings and trying to figure it out. Glad to know I’m not alone in this.
OMG. Update. I had read a few more posts about finding dimes, and was getting everything gathered up to put away into my special box that I keep for the dimes and other odd coins I’m finding, when I realized that there were THREE ADDITIONAL COINS that appeared RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! I can’t emphasize enough how much I nearly jumped right out of my own skin! I mean it really scared me I was so surprised!
There were two additional presidential gold dollars, (I had one, which was Zachary Taylor) now I have one from George Washington and one from James Madison. The other additional coin was a $1 Peso Mexican coin. Well, you know I described a $5 Mexican coin, and that was all that I had… Now I have TWO Mexican coins in my little box? How strange!
So apparently whatever it is that is wanting me to notice it is glad I’m onto it – but who is it or what is it? And I still don’t get the message!
There is an odd thing with 3’s though. Being that there were 3 additional coins out of nowhere, it reminded me of a dream I had two nights ago, where I dreamed that I was staying with a friend while she was in Italy, and I told her that I would be there as long as she was, and then I asked how long that would be and she said, “3 Months.” But in the dream even as I had it I knew it was an important bit of information even though I didn’t know yet what it meant. It was like my friend broke the 3rd wall of dreaming and spoke it directly to me as clearly as she could. (As in, like you’re seeing a movie and all of a sudden the actor talks directly to the camera.) BTW, I also recalled that part of the dream after I’d woken up, and noted it in my journal.
So perhaps something will happen in 3 months? This mystery just keeps getting deeper and deeper. Thanks for listening.
Hi Li – Would love to know how it all turns out. You’ve had a lot of activity. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I stumbled on this link. My husband’s father died several years ago, he was an avid coin collector. Upon occasion he would give each of the 4 children a coin from a certain span of time. When he passed we all started finding coins. His grandchild, my son, his father, and I began finding dimes. By the way I am a believer. Just like the story and many of these postings dimes would appear in obvious places and some not so obvious i.e. in the center of the bed after making the bed. Our son has kept all the dimes he has found in a shoebox, he will not spend these. When I find one I simply say, Hello Granddaddy! These bring a smile to my face and brighten my day to remember a great man.
Hi Barbie – Thank you for your comment. I think you’re acknowledging the dimes in exactly the way things were intended.
Thank you so much for sharing your dime article. I too have risked being called crazy to share my joy in finding dimes and believing these dimes were more than just coincidence.
Finding dimes happened to me in 2006. It was the year my mother was ill from cancer and passed away on July 11th. I had been finding a few of them every now and then. Then one day in early July of 2006, after taking my mother to a medical appointment, I recall finding one at the foot of my mother’s wheelchair as we waited together outside the hospital for our ride home. The thought came to me that this dime was a sign from a dearly departed relative, Aunt Ini. When Aunt Ini was gravely ill, my mother flew to her bedside and spent a week caring for her. Aunt Ini was a very wealthy woman and seeing the dime made me think of her. I told my mom, “Oh look, Aunt Ini left us a dime.” With my mother being terminally ill, perhaps Aunt Ini was letting us know she would be there for my mother too. About a week later, my mother passed away. The dimes started coming quite regularly after that. So much so that I had literally found over 100 dimes within the year. The dimes may have started coming from my Aunt Ini, but I am convinced the rest of them came from my mother. She certainly knew I would recognize them. Now many of my family members find special dimes too and we all have a wonderful time sharing our dimes stories with each other. I have shared a few of those stories on the Finding Dimes facebook page which I was absolutely thrilled to discover even existed.
Hi Kira – Wonderful story, and wow what a lot of dimes! Thank you for posting it here.
I just realized this comment thread was started on my Mother’s birthday – October 14th. And I have felt her around me lately, for the first time since her death in 1992. I am currently finishing up a book manuscript, and can’t help but think she approves of it. Still waiting to see what happens in 3 months from Dec 20, 2010. So, I think I solved this mystery about who is leaving the coins.
BTW, my Mom had a nice silver coin collection, and always blamed us for her losing it, because we kids spent it on candy at the corner store, not knowing it was special. If it is her, it’s odd that she’s giving the collection back. I’m smiling as I write this, and I’m glad she’s around.
I have been finding dimes for years,and I have believed for a long time that this was my mother letting me know she was around. I have always been scared to say anything,because i thought people would think i was nuts!!!!! Lately dimes have been everywhere so i decided to google it not expecting anything to come up. I’m so glad to know that i’m not the only one this happens to. This article has given me much peace thank you very much.
hahaha i was the same way untill i read this and i cant beleive all the stories
I didn’t read any comments about a 10% tithe. I kno
Hi Betsy, i just had to comment on this article. in nov of 2007 i lost the love of my life while we were vacationing in Cabo. we were traveling the mountains between cabo & la paz & were hit while on a harley. we were both young & just starting to really come together after 11yrs. in Feb of 08′ one of Elizabeth’s friends said to me that she would talk to me by sending me dimes. i never really thought twice about it at the time as i was still in a brutal state. i would say within a day or two i found my first dime. i kept it. since that day in 2008 i have found appx 5 dimes a month in the most random areas in chicago. i live in the city & cannot tell you how many times i have found these dimes from my dearest. i have kept everyone & passed this along to my closest family & friends & they ALWAYS report to me when they find them & some have actually collected them for me also. it never seems to fail that when i have been extremely emotional or just down on everything or have a major hurdle coming up that i look & see a dime right in front of me. one morning while walking my dog down the alley & in a very unstable state – just completely depressed – i came across probably 50 plastic dimes on the ground of the alley – i guess from some board game or something but they were all life sized dimes that look real but are plastic! OH MY – i just had to start laughing & say thank you Elizabeth – i know i need to pull myself out of this state & you just reinforced that! ~ i still have my baby’s picture on my dresser next to my bed & have filled her frame with my found dimes (all the plasic ones are on the side…LOL). i just found my latest one yesterday in the middle of the sidewalk on ashland avenue. how can so many people be walking here & not see this shiny dime right in the middle of this sidewalk?? crazy! anyways my new friend (she has found 6 dimes since we started our friendship/relationship) found your article & passed it along to me yesterday right before finding my dime on my dog walk. thank you for putting this out there for others – i hope it helps someone who is hurting & they too can start to find dimes & feel something of a connection still with their lost loved one.
enjoy the rest of your summer & thanks again!
what a wonderful feeling!… to no that i am not alone on this one… i as well, just recently went through the dime experience phenomena! already a believer, i took this as a message to fulfill an idea i had. mystified by the continuing reminder, i than thought maybe it might be something else. my girl friend, just as curious as i was, decided to look up;” finding dimes”. now… i know.. it’s my MOTHER that just past away. Thank’s to all of you! that decided to share your stories, you not only helped me confirm my encounter, this whole”LIFE”.. now is making sense. thank you so much! and may the force be with you.
i COMPLETLY understand what you are talking about..i lost a very good friend back in highsdchool and to this day she still leaved dimes for me,her mom and her sister..i have around 12 sotries of dimes..from under my boots in the morning to finding one on the roof of a house when shingling it..it used to make me prety up set but now like u said i just say..”hi charlee” thanks for sharing
When My Grandmother died- I started finding dimes in the bathroom and all over, along with other member’s of my family. Once I got in trouble with the law, and was distraught, and I looked down… and there was a dime. I hate to say that my Mother never had that experience, but I guess she wasn’t in need. Just have to say- Grandma, Need a Couple more of Dimes 🙂
I have heard of this before with pennies, you know the old saying “pennies from heaven” but not with dimes. I’ll have to check out the finding dimes facebook page.
i truly want to believe that someone that we loved so so much is okay and that life after death is real…………..i want to believe more than anyone, but i am the type of person that needs to see or feel or hear not just be told for comfort………..but the dime stories………………..i thought it was all a coinsidence still i question it, but i have found dimes in may places both at work and at home????? my father and i were so close and i am taking his death so very hard and want to believe, but i am still questioning the dimes, would prefer to see his spirit and see his face or hear his voice. i will keep hoping and praying for that while i find some comfort in finding dimes?????? i am not a fool and i can spot a phony a mile away again i need more than someone esle trying to convince me of something that i want to believe in.
OMG!! My cousin posted the link to this blog on my fb. We lost her father in October 2003, my Uncle Larry was the most amazing man ever! Losing him was like losing my own father, he was the awesomest man! He was always laughing, telling jokes and fishing. Im not sure it all started from day one… I dont think we payed enough attention but my Aunt had went to see a lady that her friend talked her into seeing. This lady told my Aunt about the dimes he had been leaving.
When I find a dime, my heart is happy! I was at work several months after he had passed and went into the developing area to use a light table. I bent over to plug the table in and stood up to adjust it, bent back down to turn it off and on top of the plug sat a dime!!! I know no one had come near me or the plug and this dime appeared from no where!! It is just amazing to me how they know right when you need a sign to make your day better, its almost like getting a hug when you least expect it =)
I thought it was just our family who experienced this but I am glad its not, I think this is the perfect way to just let us know they are still around and cheering us on!
i would like to share my dime story , my dad has passed and our dog tortilla. about 6 months ago i went for a walk and said to my dad out load dad shwo me a sing that tortilla is with you and show me with a dime , i had heard about the significance of dimes . 4 hours later i was waiting in the hospital waiting area while my husband had an mri. i was noticing people coming and going , i notice a priest with his white collar walking along he had a nice face , he didnt notice me . i think he went to see a patient , anyways i didnt pay attention, then 20 mins later i am walking in the hallway and all of a sudden on my left side the priest appeared. he reached out his hand and gave me a dime and said this is from an angel … wow i told him my story he smiled and left , its an american dime 2001 my dad passed in 2000 and loved american money we live in canada. that night i was crazy with excitement i told another friend she said get out of here that didnt happen i said it did. the next morning she texted me early it was winter she took her dog out to pee and on the grass behind him she saw something shiny , it was a dime . then i told our accountant the story he also knew my dad well . he was in awe . then months later i went to see him and his memory was jogged about the dime . he said the day i told him when he went home he was washing his hands in the sink and looked over and found a dime in the bathtub . he was so excited . i believe it was my dad verifying my story .. since then just recently i was stressed about a trip i needed to make and i had to leave our other dog the sister of tortilla , a couple days before beside my pillow on the sheets was a dime . then on that trip when i was getting changed to go out in the bedroom on the floor between my feet was a canadian dime … on and on it goes , the dime shows up .. thanks for letting me share
This is so interesting… I came here from a Google search because I’ve been finding dimes lately, and I liked the thing about “Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, and three is proof.” because this was the third one I’ve found. And a few months back, my mom and I found 12 pennies (7 to her, 5 to me) and my friend found three pennies and a dime. Thank you for posting this, I now feel less insane. xD
I just had to google on this as I’ve been finding random dimes and have been thinking they are signs from my dad, who passed away in 2010. I have always been careless with change so it would be easy enough to dismiss, but the finding of dimes only is just too frequent and especially tonight. I just moved into a new place and there would be no reason for a dime to be right next to the kitchen sink on the floor, but sure enough there was a dime. I just had to go over and check to see if there was more change somewhere in the area but just that dime. So it truly came out of nowhere this time and I know it. I’m going through a really tough time right now and maybe it’s just my dad’s way of saying he’s watching over me or that everything is going to be ok. I don’t know. All I know is that this has been going on long enough that I just had to google on it. Plus, he was a born and bred Minnesotan so it’s kind of ironic that the author of the blog would be from Minneapolis, as that is where my dad lived and died.
I lost my 21 yr old great nephew and Godson last month on January 11th to Luekemia. After the funeral, as I was walking back to my car from the gravesite, I spotted a dime on the ground at my car door. I jokingly looked up and said “Thanks Travis” and started to get into the car when I noticed a second dime. I remembered the old story of “Coins for the dead” where they would place coins on the eyes of the dead to pay the ferryman for passage to the other side. I was going to leave them, but decided that I would keep them as a memory of him. Since then, I have been finding dimes all over the place. I normally see pennies on the ground, but not dimes. I did some google searches and came across several sites that talked about the same thing. I am grateful to know I am not alone. I saved the first 3 I found and then started putting them into my change jar, but I think I will start a dime jar and see where it goes.
My mother told me she had done some research about the significance of finding dimes since I have been finding them myself for almost a year now. In April of last year, I filed for divorce after almost 24 years of an abusive marriage. I have 4 children, (3 of them still living at home and ranging in age from 17 to 7). During especially difficult times when I need reassurance or comfort, I find a single dime in the least likely place. The strangest being in the attic. At first, I wrote it off as just a coincidence, but after about the 6th or 7th one, I started to collect them in a little coin purse. I only use it for the dimes I find at random. As of today, I have 41 dimes in that purse. I know most people think I am crazy for believing this is some kind of a sign, but I know it can’t possibly be just a coincidence. One or two, yes…..but not 41. I have always believed my grandfather has been watching over me since his death in 1995, and I truly believe he has been sending these dimes down to let me know that everything is under control. It is really a comfort to me to know that I am not the only one who finds dimes.
My family had them falling everywhere in our old farm house, My mom collected I think close to 50 $ worth, it is one thing to find them laying there, but we’ve heard the sound of the dimes hitting the floor on a few occasions, me and and my sister heard one day we were in the other room, we both looked at each other cause we new what we had heard and we went to kitchen where we heard it and sure enough on the floor yet another dime, I was a believer after that!
My husband and I have been finding dimes for over 5 years now.
we have found them everywhere on an almost everyday basis.
The strangest being while reading The Secret, the author said you should concentrate on seeing something and soon you would. Since I had been finding dimes I concentrated on finding 3 dimes in a row, two heads up, one tails up. The next day while cleaning out my car I spotted three coins under the seat, I pulled them out carefully and it was 3 dimes, 2 heads up, one tails up. Unlike others, I did not start finding them after a death and neither did my husband.
Our 40 year old daughter moved back in with us 6 months ago after a divorce and now she is finding dimes.
We are a special group of people, but their are alot more of us then you think. I have read some people are wearing a dime around their neck as a way to be identified. I don’t know why we are special but now that I have found so many people that find dimes, I am no longer afraid of what is going on.
I love reading all these stories. I started finding them after my dad’s passing in 2001. I think I found a few and thought it was maybe a sign. At the time I was reading the Secret, as the poster before me wrote and read something about someone finding a feather. When I missed my dad or my mom who had passed 5 years earlier I would ask for a dime and I started finding them like crazy. My sister, her kids, and my son would sometimes find them but not as many as me! It tapered off as my grief was subsiding. Then 5 years later when my niece died suddenly I would receive them again, and often it would be 3 together.
Funny thing as I’ve been reading these posts, I just got a picture text from my son who is away at college… He’s been nervous about his upcoming graduation and job search and he found two dimes today within a short time! I’m positive it is reassurance from his Papa who helped raise him that he is on the right path!!!
Hope to share more of my stories soon…. I have lots and lots of dimes too!
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My dad died a week ago. He was 83. He was a coin collector. Today I was sweeping the floor in the kitchen, and I found a dime. It is a 1949P dime. I had swept it out from under the kitchen table. I picked it up and looked at it, made a mental note of the date and set it on the table while I swept. Two seconds later, out came another coin. It was very worn, but I could tell it was very old from how worn it was. From online research I have discovered that it is a 1915 Canadian dime, as a design flaw caused the coin to wear easily, and dates of circulated coins are often undecipherable. I called my Mom and my sister answered the phone. I told her about the dimes, and she told me that dimes are a sign that a loved one who has passed send to you. After I got off the phone, I went into our den to clean. There in the middle of the table was a very shiny 2007 dime, face up. I believe I have started finding dimes.
I have been finding dimes for a few months now, I have always thought it was a sign from a loved one who had passed but cannot figure out who. I found two just today at work, not a coincidence I am sure. I wish I knew who was leaving them.
I am so thrilled to read this because our family has been finding dimes ever since the passing of my great grandmother. We thought that it was simply family lore, but turns out that it is a fairly universal phenomenon. What a wonderful discovery to know that others are having the same experiences… I feel almost justified.
My most breath-taking dime was found on my first day moving to South Korea. I was taking a tour of my new, Korean apartment and upon opening my closet, I spotted an American dime on the center shelf… it was incredible.
And just today, as I am making the big move to New York City, a dime appeared by my luggage at the bus station.
There truly is something to this 🙂
My father passed recently and my mother has been finding dimes everywhere! Even in her bed and she knew that there was nothing at all in the bed before she got in to go to bed! I believe that it his way of letting her know that he is watching and waiting for her!
I just came across this site and was truly amazed. My husband died very suddenly at the age of 47. It was in 2004 and I’ve been finding dimes ever since!! No other coins – just dimes! I will find them in the strangest places and places where other people could have or should have seen them – yet they didn’t. I feel it is my husband sending me a message.
My furry son passed unexpectedly in my arms on Tuesday. I had heard the dime story one time on Coast to Coast AM. Never thought much about it for there was never such a reason in my life.
This morning, I retrieved a computer bag (to take to work) that I have never used in my 1.5 years at my new job. When lifting the bag up, out flew a dime onto the floor from one of the pockets. All I could do was laugh and say, “I love you, Cash. You are always with me as I am with you.”
When I was small, my maternal grandmother always gave me dimes instead of bills for my birthdays. She would fill a cigar tube with $10 worth of dimes. I always loved this, as it seemed like so much more, and it was fun to count them. As she got older, she was no longer able to care for herself and came to live with my mother and i so that we could care for her. After a few tough years, she passed away. After her passing, I would find dimes everywhere. I felt like I was hounded by dimes everyday. One day about a month after my grandmothers passing, my mother and I got in the car to go shopping and there was a dime on the floor. I picked it up and mentioned to my mother that I had been finding dimes everyday. She couldn’t believe it and told me that had been finding dime after dime since my grandmother’s death as well. We both took comfort in this, and thought that it was my grandmother reaching out to us. I never knew until today (many many years after my grandmother’s passing) that this happened to other people too. I thought the dimes were a meaningful message from my grandmother, as she had always favored dimes in gifts to me.
I am a PE teacher, and I often find pennies laying around the gym, in the halls, cafeteria, etc., but after my mother passed and I was having some difficulties with my brothers over her estate, I started finding dimes. I found three (the same number of brothers) in one day. That afternoon, my partner was on the phone with a long-lost cousin and I heard her mention “dimes”! I hated to eavesdrop, but that was too weird, so I got her to tell me about their conversation….she, too, had started finding dimes after a deep depression from the loss of a dear loved one. She suggested putting the dimes in a “special” container, so I have done that, also! Whenever I get down or distressed…there’s a dime! Momma has helped me through some rough times. I don’t count the ones that I get back as change, but the special dimes just appear in my path, where hundreds of other people have passed or could have easily seen them. I share this with others, and some are amazed. I will say,”look” and there is a dime…I take photos of them with my iPhone and send it to my partner…”found a dime!”
i have been randomly finding dimes i never gind money , if i do its a beat uo penny. certainky not very oftenit says whe your facing difficlties and i am in several areas . and i thought it might be my mom . it alk just seened odd. im gkad i loiked it up now i know my mom is still here with me. nothing seens as scarey eith her around me!
The love of my life passed away a month ago. Within the first few days that my husband passed I found several dimes. I thought it was odd because they were just showing up out of no where. I didn’t find any other coins, just dimes. Today I was by his desk moving a few things around and I found two dimes on top of some papers. I was curious if this meant something so I googled “finding dimes when a loved one passes away” and I found this website. I can’t tell you how it made me feel when I saw that the statement that “Dimes are a sign of love from someone who has passed on and it’s their way of sending encouragement and peace.” I hope that this is the meaning because to me it would mean he is now my Guardian Angel and always looking out for me and our sons.
I am so sorry about your great loss and i hope that you are finding the strength to cope. It is very very difficult to have to deal with this and you need to summon up every bit of strength and courage that you have in order to get thru each day. I find dimes off and on and I know they are from the love of my life who passed in 1981,almost 32 years ago. There is not a moment that passes that I do not miss him. I save all the dimes in a little plastic bag marked “Joe Dimes” and I take comfort in that.
Your husband is keeping an eye on you and the kids,and if you have a conversation with him either in your head or out loud, he hears you!~
WOW !! and I thought I was the only one that found Dimes everywhere and I mean everywhere. I have been finding Dimes for many years now. It doesn’t matter where I go or whom is with me there is going to be a Dime at my feet and never have I found one on that wasn’t on heads. For a very very long time I would not mention this simply because I didn’t want people to think oh she is crazy. I know finding all the Dimes I find in the weirdest places isn’t by chance there are to many. Just this morning I found Two Dimes on my Patio in my backyard that nobody has access to except me. That is what prompted me to look and see what it meant. This is when I learned I’m not alone. It even gets better if I do not pick it up yes you guessed it another one shows up. Well it is nice to know I’m not alone in my Dime finding.
I am so happy to know that there are others out there like myself, but not only do i find dimes but I magically get them back in change while making transactions at stores.
Aside from close family members and friends that have passed away, Ive worked as a homemaker for the elderly for years and Ive lost a number of them so its hard to know just who it is thats leaving the dimes for me. Who ever it is it puts a smile on my face and lifts my spirits evertime I have a dime experience.
I don’t know if you still read your comments. But I wanted to thank you for posting this. I have been finding dimes since 2001 EVERYWHERE. I can remember exactly when it all began. I have been trying to find the meaning and never have. Not only do i find dimes on a daily basis at the weirdest places, but whenever I share this odd thing of “finding dimes everywhere” with someone, they don’t beleive me. Then they see it happen. Change at stores only given to me in full dimes “I’m sorry mam, I only have dimes as change”, people who drop change around me on the floor… It’s usually only dimes. If you are telling me that it has to do with a life beyond this one, it makes me feel at peace. Thank you
Angela
Hi Angela – I do still read and value every comment. I’m certainly no authority, but I do believe this phenomenon has to do with the afterlife. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Hi I have found dimes since my divorce in 2010. Well it was just heres another dime. then in 2012 I stated to find dimes everywhere. I clean the house(neat freak) I would find dimes. in the car , everywhere in the house . mostly in my bedroom where i keep clean all the time. sometimes outwhere i shop or just walk. I always think thats its 10 more years, 10 diseases, ten everything. Thinking am the only one that finds dimes. WOW!! glad am not alone. I awlays smile amd thank GOD make the sign of the cross and move on to find more dimes that day. Well I will continue to thank God only he knows why.
Amazing. Have been finding so many dimes, one right after the other, so many that I have to google what it means, and I find an overwhelming amount of people sharing similar experiences usually after a significant death (and most being their dad), and surrounding significant moments like times of making a change, or receiving money/insurance, or because you asked your dad for help and then find more dimes…. WOW.
And for me, it’s not just one dime here or there…….I find numerous, mostly in and around my car, or after I tell someone about it, or one will show up in the doorway of my new home, letting me know I’m on the right path, and that my dad finally found a way to grab my attention and show me how much he cares!!
I have been finding dimes since 2003. It happened so often and in unusual places that I started writing them down in my “dime novel” as I call it. Somehow I knew they were sent by loved ones who had passed on. I always said hello and I love you. Whenever I told someone they would then start finding dimes! I had no idea this was happening to others until my mom died. Next to her obituary someone had placed an “in memorium”. The first thing I saw werepictures of dimes along the top by their loved ones name which of course caught my eye! The memoriumtold of finding dimes. This was no coincidence! My mom was intrigued by my stories and to have that unknown persons memorium next to my moms obituary just blew me away! Mom said if she was able she would send me a quarter so id know it was her. Yes I found a couple of quarters soon after her funeral! All these years I thought this was only happening to me! But I knew instinctfully they were from the other side. I have had them literally shoot across a room.
That is really awesome Debra. My brother said that he was finding dimes since my mother passed away in 2001. He threw away our moms charity box of dimes when she passed on. He has passed on now as well in 2009 and I have been finding dimes almost every second or third day. I pick them up and hope to fill my moms charity box again. 🙂
Hi Betsy,
This post was so neat to read for me, as after my aunt had passed, we too had been finding dimes in the strangest places. In one of the strangest incidents, I was in a meeting at work. I stood up when the meeting was over and felt something slide down my pant leg. I shook my leg and out rolled a dime. The oddest thing, was that I didn’t have any pockets!
I believe that in one of Sylvia Browne’s first books, she talks about loved ones using coins as a method to get a message across.
Really fascinating post and story!
Father-in-law passed away in 2005. For some reason the imidiate family was finding dimes for the next month’s. Know since July(2014 my wife and I have separated. For strength to move forward I visit my Father-in law for prayer and hope. I asked him If I should try to reconnect with his daughter. Oddly I found 3 dimes in weird places within the following few days. Totally amazing. I am building strength and confidence from this responce.
Hi there.Betsy.. I have been finding dimes for 25 years (canadian and american).My husband passed away June 28th 1988. IDON,T KNOW IF THERE ARE MESSAGES THAT I.M posed to be getting but I often ask for spiritual guidance re family, money matters and all these years after his death I still don,t know if I,ll be alright and make it in this crazy worldn of our.Thanks for reading. Any insights would be appreciated.
My colleague and good friend has been finding dimes since this past September 2012, maybe longer. She’s been telling me about it throughout this year, but I didn’t really given any real thought until today. I asked her if she ever “googled” it and she said no. We are teachers and we have lunch duty together. She has been finding dimes in the cafeteria all school year, she keeps them in a little coin purse. I searched “finding dimes” for her (and me, I became curious) on google and read the possible meanings. Her Dad died some years back, she thinks it may be him. She was a bit stressed out this week so maybe he’s sending comfort. One of our students passed away last weekend, who knows?? I always thought it was pennies from heaven?? Now I feel cheated because I haven’t found any dimes…I did find a herring bone gold necklace when I went back to college for a second time, I was working two jobs and taking courses. I was very stressed out. I remember saying, it was my gift from god. I haven’t appraised it, but I’m hoping it’s worth a lot. I really did feel like someone in the universe was giving me something to cheer me up….weird. This dime thing freaks me out a little, I kind of don’t want to find any, but at the same time, I find it fascinating…I’ve never heard of this before my friends’s experience. After my dad died when I was 11, I remember my mom telling me strange things happened around the house…like she found her bride and groom cake topper from her wedding and the groom’s head was broken off…”Hey Brother Can You Spare a Dime?”
I have been reading about “finding dimes” and the spiritual significance attached to it, but perhaps there is a different spin I can put on it. I have found a woman that I truly am in love with. We met b/c of a tragedy passing in her family and we became close since then. I have been married before but wasn’t sure I was in love until I see how I feel right now. Could this special woman be “my dime”? Could there be a correlation between personal loss and emptiness of someones soul? I never thought of it that way until tonight, but everyone talks about the comfort of finding dimes as a way of healing, but I am looking at this from another angle. Just curious if anyone had an opinion on my thoughts.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us! When my sister passed away in 2009, my family began finding dimes. I thought we were the only ones, and like others, I get a lot of eye-rolling and explanations when I tell people. Some of the strangest: on the running board of my parents SUV after a 200 mile drive, and then one on my front doorstep a few moments later; one at our favorite ice cream restaurant on the middle of the track of the skee ball game; and the eeriest was when I was writing a particularly difficult paper in graduate school. I was sitting at my computer on my couch, my computer sitting on a small table with a slight angle towards me. I heard a strange scratching/sliding sound, and then it stopped. A few moments later it began again, and a dime slid out from under my computer and dropped on my lap. It was a Swiss dime. I smiled and said “Hello Julie”. If it is a coincidence, so be it, but each and every time we find a dime in a strange place, it makes us think about Julie and keeps her very present in our thoughts.
My best friend passed almost a year ago. I have been finding pennies. They show up at times when I have been thinking about her and sometimes as a comforting surprise. I truly believe it is her reaching out to me. The coincidences have been jaw dropping.
Wow amazing. Dimes started getting my attention about a year ago. It seems when I am stressed or worried about something a dime will show up. It started happening so frequently that I got my attention! It was unusual they way they appeared. Latest example: I had been worrying about my 2 year old granddaughter I spent many weeks praying for her. She came over to visit me two days ago…she ran up to me opened my hand and placed a dime in it. Following that the next day I went to her house and on a clean tile floor something was under my shoe…It was another dime. I called to tell my best friend about this and looked down on my car seat and there was another dime. Oh My… I decided to google and see if anyone else has had these experiences and I found your site. I have started collecting all of these special dimes and putting them in a little wooden God Box…that when i am feeling worried or alone, I have all my dimes as reminders that every thing is going to be all right! 🙂
I’ve bee finding dimes for 6 years now. It is an interesting phenomenon.However I have no loved ones that have passed, and I’ve had tremendous personal and professional challenges challenges that dont appear to be resolving…all in all, I dont see the point ?
Hi Claudia – I believe you must have someone who has taken an interest in you and wants to encourage you to persevere. 🙂
Hi Betsy, Thanks for your response. Any of the family members that have passed did not really know me and my friends are still here. I have no knowledge if any of my friends from the past are gone. It has been unusual to be fi.ding dimes so consistetly but it doesnt appear to have meaning
Thanks for the insite I have a piggy bank for all the dimes I have found. I know they are from my brother we used to sing the song with lyrics penny for a kiss nickle for a hug dime if you tell me you love me …Hector passed over 12 years ago I miss him how as much as the day he pass thus I find many dimes never any other coins…
I very emphatically did NOT believe in an afterlife…until yesterday.
My wife and I lost our best friend about a year ago. I often argued with him about ghosts, afterlife, and the Beyond. He was a big believer; claimed he could see the dead, communicated with his dead aunt…all that. I really thought it was all hooey.
After he died, my wife, also a believer, said she kept finding dimes everywhere. No big surprise, as I’m not good about removing spare change from my pocket. But I’d roll my eyes every time she said they were from Kent.
Then, yesterday morning. Breakfast. My wife is at the computer in our home office, commenting on Facebook about something Kent would have had strong opinions about. Thinking about him. I set down my cereal and coffee on the empty dining room table. I then went to the living room to fetch my tablet to read the news. As I walked back into the dining room, I heard something small hit the floor across the room. I heard precisely where it landed, on the other side of the table. I walked around the table. Precisely in the middle of the floor, directly in front of a beautiful piece of furniture that we had taken as a memento from Kent’s house, was a dime. I looked around. It simply couldn’t fallen from anywhere physical. The nearest piece of clothing was several feet away. My wife was still at the computer in another room.
My sense of the sound was that it had fallen from about four or five feet. It just came from nowhere. And landed without rolling or bouncing on the hardwood floor, like the Ring in Lord of the Rings. I’ve tried several times to drop a dime and have it stop like that, without rolling at all, to no avail.
Curious, I thought, as I picked it up and put it on the table. My wife told me it was Kent, and I laughed it off and went about my day. But I became more unsettled. I went back to the dining room to have another look at that dime. It was still sitting on the dining room table.
Next to a second dime.
My view of the universe has been rocked. Still processing.
Thanks for the forum.
Betsy,
So here I am going through my computer bookmarks & look what I found! I don’t know when I saved this and the significance is beyond belief.
My little sister found our first two dimes (face up) right next to my husband’s car, as we were getting home from the hospital the morning he died. I kept both and later realized one was for her. The dimes have continued since 12/18/2011 – Michael promised me he wouldn’t die after his lung transplant, and he hung on until Donor Alliance reported “there was just nothing left of him.” Michael’s last words to me, as he was off to surgery were: “Please do NEVER forget, YOU are the love of my life!” And he repeated it three times!
The dimes present mostly to my sister and our daughter, at least they are the only ones reporting them. I keep my record of date and time and year of the dime. I had not found any in quite some time (I think) although others were finding them – one of our grandsons who was very close with his Gramps found one a couple of weeks ago on his desk at school (HS Freshman), 1st period.
Then yesterday, one fell at my feet, face up of course. I have almost stopped trying to second guess the appearances, and this latest one brought such joy, and tears of course.
I also smell Michael, most often in my little home (moved here to be closer to our daughter) and usually a whiff of cigarette smoke (he was a smoker), and occasionally a whiff of his cologne – it comes on strong and then suddenly, quickly it is gone. I have two very large portraits of him, one that I can see almost all of the time, and I am constantly talking to him.
This is all I will share, to avoid reader’s ennui.
Isn’t it really nice that I found this today, and Michael’s Dime yesterday. I feel so much comfort when he feels closer, and I ALWAYS carry him in my heart.
My mother passed away a few years ago and my siblings and I have had the same dime experince. She pass away early in the morning and that afternoon my sister was in the store and out of no where a dime rolled and hit her foot. That is when it all started. There has not been a day that passes i haven’t found a dime, if its in the wash, on the floor at the store, sitting on my car seat they are always there. I love sharing this touching story about my Angel and at times i have been spooked out. On one occasion at work this gentelmen and i was talking about the mystery dime and as he took his wallet out to pay his bill a dime fell out all we could do is look at each other and smile. With every dime i find i kiss it and say I LOVE YOU TO MOM…
Very interesting….I completely believe my Grandmother and Father have sent me very significant, no doubt about it, yes its from me signs!! 🙂 My father passed unexpectedly 4 years ago March after complications from a procedure…..we were and still are devastated. 2 weeks after he passed, approximately March 25th or so I was driving up my driveway after work, and there on the lawn, away from the rest of the gardens on the property, (which were only beginning to show any sign of rebirth after the winter months) was a single yellow daffodil, full bloom. (The gardens on our property growing up were his pride and joy!!) Every year since 2009 and until 2012 (finally moved into my own home) the flower came back! Same place, same time!
I first heard of this “finding dime’s” last year when a high school friends brother passed away. My Father is probably dancing around in Heaven saying Finally!!! I’ve been “finding dimes” forever!! Well since he went to Heaven!!! xoxo <3
Hello Betsy, I lost my husband Sept.18, 2013. He passed on our 43rd Anniversary. He passed in our bed, I cleaned the room washing the bedding vacuuming the room. a few days later I found a dime at the foot of his side of the bed on the floor also on the floor on his side of the bed. i didn’t think to much of it I put it in his coin cup that he had on the dresser. Then I found one in the bathroom. I was with my Aunt and she told me about my cousin finding dimes afar her dad died. Since then I have found four more visiting my daughter in another state in a chair my husband would sit in when he visited it was so shinny. then this week I went to our lake house weekend home New Years Eve, I arrived then got very upset thinking of him, crying I go into the bedroom to lay down what do I find is a dime so shinny on the floor at the foot of the bed where he slept. I held and kissed it over and over again. I left it on his night stand. I love and miss him so much. I don’t know what to believe. I found it enlightening reading all these stories. Thank You!
I have found two dimes in my bathroom over the past few weeks, I have never found any change laying around in my bathrooms in my 46 years, at least I don’t recall it ever happening. I found the first dime a few weeks ago in of all places, the tub. I found the second dime this morning when I went to turn the radio up that’s on top of the cabinet, but didn’t notice it when I first turned it on. Both dimes were heads up, the first one was a1996 and the second a 2006. I have no idea how the dimes got there and why I am the only finding them. I haven’t lost a loved one since 2006, so I am not sure what the meaning is behind them, but if I find a third one I am going to be convinced that someone is trying to let me know they are there!!
After feeling quite down because my beloved Grandma passed away 10 years ago, I went into my bedroom to get something out of my bedside stand. Something shiny on my pillow caught my eye. I turned my head to find 2 VERY shiny dimes right in the center of my pillow. It would have been nearly impossible for them to have landed perfectly in the center. I feel her loss frequently as we were VERY close, but the anniversary of her death is always difficult for me. I pray she is at peace, and I pray this was her way of telling me she is! Thanks so much for your wonderful information, and I wish for you to be blessed.
Since 1991 after my father had passed. I had found not only dimes but money all over the place!. At first I thought,” it’s so nice, I’m so lucky!”. Then it happened more and more. No one would believe me. Thank you for sharing the stories. I am so glad I’m not the only one who sees this as something beyond life. Thank you for all the money you have send dad!. I love you and miss you everyday and mom too.
How heart warming to read so many stories. It’s been less than 1.5 years and I have had over 35 dimes that have been placed in my path. Like others, dimes started to appear when I was desperately searching for answers. The first dime found I was skeptical. The second dime found I thought was interesting/coincidental. The third dime found (and all thereafter) I know, with absolute certainty, are the hands of comfort from above. To be singled out and given a Guardian Angel is a precious gift.
My stories are many (35 and counting) and each one is uniquely different. I don’t over analyze – I am just grateful. The dimes for me have shown up in numerous places: on my vacations, in the snow, by the water, on my morning jogs, and at work, to name a few.
As to other members of my family, the fun and exciting part this past month is that my daughter is finding dimes being placed in her path. I told her I didn’t realize my Guardian Angel was taking on new clients. We both had a chuckle over that.
For everyone searching…just believe.
I lost my Dad Feb. 24th 2014, I’ve never experienced a heartbreak so painful in my life, these past few months have been incredibly difficult. Two days before my dad passed, my grandmother passed away as well, although I was a bit more at peace with losing my grandmother as I felt she was now with my grandfather and got to live a long fulfilling life; my father, on the other hand, was healthy, young (58) and just didn’t wake up one day out of the blue. The first few weeks after they passed I was finding pennies, enough pennies for me to google the experience. Pennies on a table I had just cleaned, on my keyboard at work, and my car seat. I would always pick them up and say “thanks dad I miss you so much”. After about the first month it switched from pennies to dimes, almost always two dimes at once and predominately on my car seat. I find the car seat very telling as I never use cash for anything, be it coffee, gas etc., I use a debit card exclusively lose change is not something I ever have. Just this past Thursday I traveled about two hours to a conference for work. In the morning I stopped to get gas and when I came back to the drivers seat I brushed it off thinking “dad hasn’t left me dimes lately”. So I’m positive there was nothing on the seat. After I came out of the conference I opened the door to find two dimes on the front seat. I sat and cried for a good few minutes because the thought that he had been with me in a different state meant the world to me. I put the two dimes in a change purse until I could get home to put them in the glass container with all the other coins he’s left me. I decided to make one stop at an antique store to kill some time, when I got out of the store I opened the door to see another dime on the front seat. I’m the only one in my family finding dimes and I’m not sure why that’s the case but I certainly cherish everyone. Today is father’s day and I miss him terribly, I’m thankful for the dimes as I feel it’s his way of telling me to cheer up and move on because he’s ok…. easier said than done of course.
Amazing!! All these testimonies-I have been findining dimes for at leat the past 11 years ,EVERYWHERE! I do know that sometimes they are warnings for me-right before a storm hits my life. I also believe they are trying to speak into my life when I am on the right path. I find them heads up as well as face down. I have actually woke up in the morning with them stuck to my body many times-WOW. Its some kinda sign from above..I know that I know that I know..
I have been finding dimes everywhere since my grandfather died in 2002. The first one was found when I was cleaning for his wake – it was under a remote on a shelf. I’ve found dozens of them over the years and started saving them. I always find dimes, never other coins. They tend to show up when either something really terrible is about to happen, or something amazing is about to happen – that I can inherently feel. I always thank my grandfather when I find them. I found one on the stage when I started doing improv. I’ve found them on the bus, one landed on my bed. I walked into a restaurant bathroom once and found one on a toilet. They’ve fallen out of my clothes (that don’t even have pockets). In the days before my grandmother died, I was finding them every day, sometimes multiple dimes a day. The most recent one I found was at the feet of a boy I really like, who looks like and reminds me of my grandfather in many ways. I’m not sure what that means; the dime was next to a penny. I don’t always know how to interpret the dimes’ meaning, but I appreciate getting them. Also, nearly every last one of them is a Philadelphia dime, which was where my grandfather lived.
I have been finding dimes every since my mother passed away 7 years ago. It drove me crazy for almost a year on why I was finding the dimes and then one night I was watching Montel and I heard Sylvia Browne discussing finding dimes from loved ones that had passed away. I kiss them each time I find one and tell my Mother I love her. I have so many stories of finding dimes that I know it is real. I too have experienced getting dimes as change, even from a coke machine which is an unusual place to get 10 dimes back when your coke selection is out. I have found many dimes while on vacations so I just tell my husband that my mom wanted to go on vacation with us. My most recent find was when I went to a doctor’s appointment with my sister who just found out she has thyroid cancer. I went to get out of my car and a dime fell out of thin air in my lap. I put the dime in a special compartment in my purse. When I came out of the doctor’s office and went to get in my car, another dime was in my seat. I keep all the dimes I find in a silver heart shaped box and I have so many dimes I need to start another box. I feel so blessed and loved to know my mother is with me. Sometimes weeks go by without finding a dime and I just talk out loud to my mom and I ask her where she has been….I usually find a dime within a day or so. My sister and my daughter also find dimes. My sister usually finds them in her closet…. My mom always loved to go in my sister’s closet to look at all her clothes and shoes. When it has been a while without finding a dime, I tell my sister that Mom is on angel duty and hasn’t been able to send dimes. My husband says… Tell your Mom to send dollars instead of dimes! I am so glad to have found others that share my same experience.
I have been finding dimes in the past as well in very strange places. I keep all of them as a reminder that I have angels surrounding and protecting me. My husband and I just separated and I was feeling very sad and, confused the dimes made me feel that l I was on the right path.
I haven’t seen a dime in a couple weeks and I miss seeing them!
I noticed a year ago that I found a dime in the most random places. I didn’t mention it to anyone until recently. I thought it was odd but cool.
I finally mentioned it to someone last week and decided to google, finding dimes…and wow, I am not the only one.
What does the dime mean???????? Since is getting so cold outside, I decided to change from cotton to flannel sheets. So when I got home from work I took the flannel sheets out of the closet and ran them through the washer & dryer (nothing else, just the sheets). When the dryer shut off, I took out the sheets , took them upstairs and started making the bed. I put on the fitted sheet, put on the flat sheet and than stood next to the bed and began putting on the pillow cases. As I was putting on the cases, I started staring off into space and thinking about may sister Sharon (she passed April 2012) and the millions of times I went down to visit her in Maryland….about how excited I got when I was getting ready to leave & about how much fun we had (even when we were doing nothing at all). When I finished putting on the pillow cases……..I looked down on the bed and there sat a shiny 2014 dime on the bed, right in front of where I was standing.
My husband says that I am crazy….when I told him the story and said the dime was from my sister and that it meant something. He said it must have “just been in the wash” BUT…I know it was not there before and how could a dime go through all that and then end up sitting on the bed, right in front of where I happened to be standing……..All that being said……What does the dime mean????????
My father passed away 11 years ago I started to get dimes that appeared out of no where now my mother passed away 10 months ago on the exact same day as dad. I am now getting the dimes again! I do believe they are my guardian angels! I am having a hard time with the passing of my mom and yet I still feel her presence especially when a dime appears! Although they are becoming less frequent I still giggle when I find them. Thank you mom & dad miss you both and love you both lots!! xoxo
I’ve been finding dimes ever since I read A Still, Small Voice by Echo Bodine about 11 years ago. Every time I find one I take it to mean that my life is right where it’s supposed to be and that no matter what is going on, whether it be good or bad, I’m on my path. I’ve been debating to take a trip to clear my head and I’ve been debating where to take that trip, wrought with indecision for days. Just now, I was researching flights to Alaska and there was a dime on the floor. Refusing to see it as a sign, I got up and did some chores. Coming back to take another look at flights, there’s another dime on the floor about a foot from this one. I google what is the meaning of finding dimes and I land on this page and there is this story about your flight to ALASKA. I guess I know where I’m going now!
Hi Shannon – Have fun in Alaska! We loved it.
Last January I went to a medium. My mother died unexpectedly in 1989. The medium
gave me so much information that only my mother could have told her. It was a very
calming experience. After that I read about the dimes. So, I started talking to my
mother, asking her to leave dimes for me – just to say hi and let me know she was ok. The dimes
started showing up very soon. It seems as though she responds when I talk to her
out-loud. Nothing happens if I just send thoughts to her. Does anyone else have this
experience and does anyone know why she wouldn’t respond to my thoughts? Talking
out-loud is very emotional for me, but finding a dime is such a wonderful feeling.
Thank you for your help.
I have been finding a combination of 1 to 3 dimes at a time…it just started and ironically my sister just passed away on September 27, 2015. I loved my sister like no other…She and I were very close and it was the hardest thing for me to decide to not put her on life support, however I knew she did not want that…but I always feel she is with me…I like to go gamble and lately its like no matter what machine I play I win , nothing big but enough to give me a little extra and the dimes started coming around…I mean at least 2 to 4 times a week I am finding dimes in random places. My plans and focus is more clear than ever. The curiosity was strong that I searched for a meaning. Love you Sister!
Everytime I do the laundry, I find a dime in the dryer. This has been happening ever since I lost my soul mate 22 years ago. Someone said it’s a sign that he’s watching out for me. My daughter passed away 6 years ago and I have been finding pennies everywhere also. I think perhaps they are both looking out for me. Any guidance?
Hi Ruthann – It sure sounds like it!
am still puzzles a bout this recently I just keep finding dimes out of the blues at first I didn’t think anything about it then it started happening more often and now am asking myself what does it mean to me today I was feeling down and felt as if nobody care about me my taught was how I am in need of a good job and transportation and I don’t know where the money is coming from then I decided to take a walk to the restaurant to clear my head all the while I was thinking of how sad I still was so I decided to finished my meal and head back home when I half way home I spotted a penny and five minutes later a dime shining as bright as the sun what does it all mean.