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

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


G Man
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  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cents---------43
    Nickels----------1
    Dimes----------14
    Quarters-------29

    Total Face Value-----$9.13

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭✭✭
    11/1 through 11/30

    Nickels: 0
    Dimes:6
    Quarters: 1
    Halves: 2
    Dollars: 0
    Gold coins:0

    Face value count: $1.85
    Silver coin count: 9
    Gold coin count:0

    Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein

  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭


    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
  • Cents: 137 (88 zincolns, 23 wheats, 1 indian) 24 coppers and another dateless large cent image ...
    Nickels: 9
    Dimes: 27
    Quarters: 39 (1964-D X 2)
    Halves: 1964 Kennedy (another first)! 1942-D Walking Liberty. My third walking half, first in 6 years!
    Dollars: 2, One Sac, One SBA...

    Face value count: $17.76
    Silver coin count: 4
    Gold coin count: Yeah, Right...

    3325 LBS of walnuts and 412 aluminum cans for the month.

    (still) A weird amount of Zincolns vs copper cents and other coins found the month.

    Edited to fix the date on the Kennedy half... 1964 not 1963.... that would really be a first huh? 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...
  • This was a pretty decent month for me. I was able to get out 11 times and I have still been hitting my "silver grounds" to get a few more. They are becoming harder and harder to get, but I'll keep trying to find them.

    Cents: 417
    Nickels: 17 (1945P War Nickel)
    Dimes: 121 (1940D & 1945D Mercs, 1946S, 51S, 54P, 63D, & 1964D Rosies)
    Quarters: 66 (1964D Wash)
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $33.62
    Silver coin count: 9
    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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  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My post from Nov 2 was my totals for the month of October

    Cents------------------151
    Nickels-------------------15
    Dimes--------------------38
    Quarters-----------------52
    Dollars---------------------1

    Total Face Value-------$20.06

    2 Sterling silver rings
    1 18' Sterling silver mans necklace

    1 $100 bill while walking

    Walnut total for Sept, Oct & Nov---13,762 pounds


    Fun total---------------COUNTLESS
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