Armored Truck Overturns in Texas, Spilling $800,000 in Dimes

Millions of dimes spill after truck rolls

ALVORD, Texas — Talk about some serious coin.

Truck overturns, and millions of dimes spill onto Texas highway

The scene looked as if a giant piggy bank had been split open, its loose change scattering and forming a metallic sea.

Loose change! Semi-truck crash spills 8 million dimes onto highway

A semi-truck crashed in North Texas, spilling an estimated 8 million dimes onto the highway. The $800,000 worth of coins were scattered across the southbound lanes of U.S. 287 near Dallas.

A truck carrying coins overturned a highway in Texas, causing around eight million coins, worth a total of 800,000 dollars (about 708,000 euros), to end up on the road. According to several US media, these were new 10-cent American coins. According to witnesses, there was a sea of shiny coins on Highway 287 near the small Texan village of Alvord. It is not known how the truck overturned. The truck driver and co-driver were taken to hospital but …

Cha-ching! Millions of dimes spill onto Texas highway after truck rolls

Authorities say millions of coins spilled onto a Texas highway this week after a tractor-trailer hauling $800,000 in dimes rolled over in an accident.

$800K in dimes spill onto Texas highway when truck hauling them overturns

Millions of dimes spilled onto a Texas highway to the tune of $800,000, closing the roadway down for nearly a day as cleaning crews scooped up the mess, authorities said. It happened at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday when the driver of an 18-wheeler veered off the road and overcorrected while yanking the truck back on course. The semitrailer rolled onto its side, sending dimes cascading onto the road, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Tony…