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Do you keep/hoard 40%silver halves? or spend them?

skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
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Anyone? I've been holding on to them, but then, what do I know? I'm curious to know who out there keeps em or spends em? Blue skies!
david
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  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭
    I sell them for the silver contentimage
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Take 'em to a coin show & sell 'em. With silver @ $7+, you'll get a worthwhile premium.
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  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    No kidding?
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No kidding. I sold a little over $250.00 face value in December. I had been saving them from roll for about five years and got over $600.00 for them which I used to help buy a key date coin.... Don't spend em.
  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    Whoa dad! I had no idea! That's pretty wild~~and are they really melted? pardon my ignorance here.
    blue skies!
    david
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Yup, they're melted down for the silver content. As you probably are aware, the 1965 thru 1970 are the dates with 40% silver. 1971 on up--spend 'em.
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
  • fishcookerfishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭

    If they're melted, how come they are everywhere?


  • 1977topps1977topps Posts: 275 ✭
    The combined mintage from 1965 to 1970 minus proofs is close to 900,000,000. So there are quite a few out there.

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    40 % Silver half dollar bags are generally considered to contain 295 ounces of silver. So it's easy to figure their value !!
    You guys actually find these in circulation ?

    Paul
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  • tsacchtsacch Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭
    I collect them till I fill up a nice bag and then sell for silver.....or trade with friends.
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,675 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hate them with a passion. Once several years ago while coming back from Indiana, a guy that new I collected coins called me about some silver coins he picked up and wanted to get rid of. He met me at the airport and handed me a bag full of stuff, a few Morgan's but mainly half dollars. I was in a hurry so I looked at a couple of rolls and saw that "most were what appeared to be franklins, 64 kennedy's etc" Until I got home and found that about 8 rolls were nothing but 40% that I figured full 90% melt.


    (will say it was a lesson learned to look at everything, and if not enough time, then i pass)

    On top of that, no one here locally wants to buy 40% halves becuase its not worth the trouble.

    jim

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