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ENTRY THREAD: JANUARY 2009 "QUANTITY" AWARDS (Most Face Value US Coins, Most Non-U.S. Exch

f 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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  • Cents: 3
    Nickels: 0
    Dimes: 0
    Quarters: 0
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $0.03
    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

    I lust for silver.
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  • Cents: 7
    Nickels: 0
    Dimes: 1
    Quarters: 1
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $0.42
    Silver coin count: 0
    Gold coin count: 0

    Coins of Note: 1883 IHC and a corroded teens wheatie. I didn't find a 1910 s wheatie. I was trying to say that I found one from the 1910s, hehe. That would've been a good find though. No, I've never hunted in Decatur, even though I live right down the road from there. I'm sure there's plenty to find there, though.
    Always on the lookout for a silver opportunity.
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  • Wow Bamacoinshooter! That 1910 S wheat cent is great coin to find. Low mintage and worth a few dollars even in good 4. Have you ever hunted in Decatur Alabama? I lived there breifly and found a nice 1901 O quarter at an old apartment complex. Lots of great places to hunt there.
    el Tesoro Cazador
    Digging trash and treasure since 1977
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭

    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

    I fear this month is a lost cause. image
  • Cents: 289 (3 wheats...1944, 1945, and 1958-D)
    Nickels: 20 (1941)
    Dimes: 103 (my first ever silver coin 1956-D 1/23/09)
    Quarters: 94 (11 were in the same hole!!!) (silver coin #2: 1956 1/26/09)
    Halves: 0
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $37.69
    Silver coin count: 2
    Gold coin count: 0

    (enter type of coin here): 1980 Canadian Quarter
    (enter type of coin here): 0
    Non-US coin exchange value (in US$) : $0.20
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  • Rickc300Rickc300 Posts: 876 ✭✭
    Cents: 55 (2 wheats)
    Nickels: 10
    Dimes: 28
    Quarters: 18 (1964-D)
    Halves: 1
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $8.85
    Silver coin count: 1
    Gold coin count: 0

    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: 148 (13 wheats)
    Nickels: 15 (1942)
    Dimes: 47 (1924 Mercury)
    Quarters: 7
    Halves: 1
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $9.18
    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
    Digging trash and treasure since 1977

  • Congratulations to jessecarlk on his first silver coin. Hope you find many many more!

    el Tesoro Cazador
    Digging trash and treasure since 1977
  • thanks...it only took me 8 1/2 years (off and on) to find it
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  • Cents: 1(1941)
    Nickels: 0
    Dimes: 0
    Quarters: 2(1905, 1947)
    Halves: 1(1962)
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    Face value count: $1.01
    Silver coin count: 3
    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

  • Here are my finds for Jan 09. I'll get some pics of the silver coins and the better things I found this month a little later.

    Scott

    Cents: 271--I had quite a few wheaties, my oldest was a 1921S.
    Nickels: 26 (1943S War Nick)
    Dimes: 71 (44Merc, 47D, 50D, 61D, 64D Rosies)
    Quarters: 43 (61D and 63 Wash--the 63 was found as a coin ring)
    Halves: 1 (1952S Franklin)
    Dollars: 0
    Gold Coins: 0

    I did have one foreign silver coin--a 1952 Canadian dime.

    Face value count: $22.36
    Silver coin count: 10
    Gold coin count: 0


    Speer34

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  • January finds:

    Cents 330 $3.30
    Nickels 43 $2.15
    Dimes 112 $11.20
    Quarters 95 $23.75 (1 Silver 1959)
    Dollars 2 $2.00 (1 George Wash, 1 James Monroe)


    Face Value Count $42.40

  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cents----------------------261
    Nickels----------------------18
    Dimes------------------------74
    Quarters--------------------81

    Total Face Value----------$31.16

    1-Sterling Silver Ring
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭
    I was right about January.....I got nothing.

    February's not looking too good either. image
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