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ENTRY/NOMINATION THREAD: JUL, 2008 "QUANTITY" AWARDS (Most Face Value US Coins, Most Silv

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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  • TOTALS for July 2008

    Cents: 272
    Nickels: 52
    Dimes: 64
    Quarters: 109
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $38.97
    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

    Jerry
    CROCK of COINS
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  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭

    Cents: 40
    Nickels: 13
    Dimes: 25
    Quarters: 4
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $4.55
    Silver coin count: 0
    Gold coin count: 0

    1 One Euro coin , German
    1 Canadian cent
    Non-US coin exchange value (in US$) : $1.56
  • speer34speer34 Posts: 375
    Cents: 284
    Nickels: 13
    Dimes: 74
    Quarters: 45
    Halves: 1
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $22.64
    Silver coin count: 18--pictures to follow--some new firsts for me
    Gold coin count: 0

    1948 2.50 Portugal Escudo, 1956 Canadian 10C

    Non-US coin exchange value (in US$) : $???????????
    Speer34

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  • Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
    Cents: 167 (18 wheaties)
    Nickels: 40 (all Jeffersons)
    Dimes: 89 (6 silver)
    Quarters: 60
    Halves: 1 (1976)
    Dollars: 0

    Face value count: $28.70
    Silver coin count: 6 (all dimes, 1956-1964 Roosies)
    Gold coins: Not yet in this life time!

    A weird month, lots of dimes and nickels compared to the rest of the finds... Normally nickels are way behind in amounts found to other coins. It's been way too hot and humid to get out as much as I would like, so I am content with the months haul...

    Foreign coins... 3 Canadian cents, all 1986 and all found in the same spot...

    Rick
    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...
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cents-----------------------283
    Nickels----------------------12
    Dimes-----------------------93
    Quarters-------------------93

    Total Face Value----------$35.98

    1 sterling silver ring


    Jerry--You got me again
  • LOL..I wount do it this Month...Things have been in the way of hunting :-(

    Jerry
    CROCK of COINS
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