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WINNERS!!: February, 2008 "QUANTITY" AWARDS (Most Face Value US Coins, Most Silver Coins F

If you wish to compete for the three monthly "quantity" awards (Most Silver Coins, Most Face Value US Coins, Foreign Exchange Value), post your silver coin and face value totals for the month here.

Just edit your posts to update your total counts (instead of reposting the count each time you make new finds). Please try to limit your replies here to one post, if possible. You'll need to have your final edits in before the last day of the month, as that is when the awards will be tallied.

"Silver count" in this instance refers only to COINS, be they US or foreign. "Silver count" does not refer to silver jewelry. However, if you find a piece of coin jewelry, you may count it on your silver count, your face value count (if it's a US coin), AND enter it in the jewelry competition.

Silver coins also count toward your face value totals, so if for example you found nothing but a silver dime and two modern (nonsilver) quarters all month, your silver coin count would be 1, and your face value count 60 cents.

Non-US coins will not count toward your US face value total, but if they are silver, you may claim them on your silver count. For example, if you found nothing but a silver English shilling and two modern (nonsilver) US quarters, your silver count would be one and your face value count 50 cents.

The 1942-45 USA "wartime" Jefferson nickels DO count as silver, though they are only .350 fine instead of .900 fine.
(For those less numismatically inclined among us, these are the coins with the large mintmarks over the building's dome on the reverse.)

For the non-US coin exchange value category, enter the type of coin, its foreign value, and US exchange value.

Example:
1 Eurocent: 4
2 Eurocent: 8
5 Eurocent: 4
10 Eurocent: 25
20 Eurocent: 23
50 Eurocent: 7
1 Euro: 10
2 Euro: 2

Total Euro Face: EU25.00 (EU25 / .83 = $30.12)

Please copy and use this format when posting your counts (just enter your totals where the zeroes are).



Cents: 0
Nickels: 0
Dimes: 0
Quarters: 0
Halves: 0
Dollars: 0
Gold Coins: 0

Face value count: $0.00
Silver coin count: 0
Gold coin count: 0

(enter type of coin here): 0
(enter type of coin here): 0
Non-US coin exchange value (in US$) : $0.00
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  • ASUtoddASUtodd Posts: 1,312 ✭✭
    Cents: 0
    Nickels: 0
    Dimes: 0
    Quarters: 1953 D
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $0.00
    Silver coin count: 1
    Gold coin count: 0
    I haven't kept up with my face count on coins. I wouldn't want to disgrace the award by estimating my finds. I'll try next month. Thanks guys and good luck!
    Todd

  • Silver coin count: 9
  • Cents: 95
    Nickels: 24
    Dimes: 74
    Quarters: 63
    Halves: 1
    Dollars: 1 Geo. Washington
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $26.80
    Silver coin count: 0
    Gold coin count: 0


    Jerry
    CROCK of COINS
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  • Cents: 267
    Nickels: 25 (1944P, 1944S)
    Dimes: 43 (1945D, 1964D X 2)
    Quarters: 84 (1952S, 1964D)
    Halves: 1 (1965)
    Dollars: 1 (Sac) Another first!!!
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $30.72
    Silver coin count: 8
    Gold coin count: image
    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed lamb contesting that vote. Benjamin Franklin - 1779

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    1836 Capped Liberty
    dime. My oldest US
    detecting find so far.
    I dig almost every
    signal I get for the most
    part. Go figure...
  • Cents: 369
    Nickels: 16
    Dimes: 140 (1957D Rosie)
    Quarters: 88
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $40.49
    Silver coin count: 1
    Gold coin count: 0

    (enter type of coin here): 0
    (enter type of coin here): 0
    Non-US coin exchange value (in US$) : $0.00
    Speer34

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  • Good month for me....i was finally able to get out some days...


    Cents: 21
    Nickels: 9
    Dimes: 12
    Quarters: 7
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $3.61
    Silver coin count: 16
    Gold coin count: 0
  • Millenium,

    That is a great ratio of silver coins to clads.

    Very nice!!!
    Speer34

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  • I guess the good thing about hunting old sites that have been hunted pretty hard is the fact that if you do find coins, they are usually pretty good....During the 1939-1945 period here it was very very busy.....the biggest our town pop was at any time.
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cents--------------------103
    Nickels---------------------15
    Dimes----------------------30
    Quarters-------------------39

    Total Cash Value-------$13.93


    I am ready for the ground to thaw!
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    Cents--------------------None
    Nickels---------------------Nada
    Dimes----------------------Zip
    Quarters-------------------Zero

    Total Cash Value-------$0


    I am ready for the ground to thaw too!
  • Cents: 358
    Nickels: 44
    Dimes: 66
    Quarters: 32
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 2 Pres. Memorials
    Gold Coins: 0


    Total $22.28
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Most Silver Coins goes to Millennium, with 16 silver coins found! image

    The Most Face Value US Coins goes to speer34, with $40.49 face value found! image

    (I don't see anybody with Non-US coins this month, so apparently that "Quantity" award, like the "Quality" award for the Best Non-US Coin, will go unawarded this month.)

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations Speer34 and Millenium... Cheers, RickO
  • nice work mdawg and speer...hh
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • Congrats folks!
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  • Congrats Millennium on the silver count. 16 coins in a single month--awesome!!!

    Thanks all. It's been a good year for me so far on the clad count. January started off good with the silver but I've only had one silver coin since. Maybe I can get back into some silver here soon.

    Scott
    Speer34

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  • Thanks Guys......yes...I was one of my best silver months so far....I just need time to hunt....Now that I have that souped up GTi !image
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