ENTRY THREAD: JANUARY 2009 "QUANTITY" AWARDS (Most Face Value US Coins, Most Non-U.S. Exch
BentFork
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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
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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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
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.
el Tesoro Cazador
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.
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
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
1836 Capped Liberty
dime. My oldest US
detecting find so far.
I dig almost every
signal I get for the most
part. Go figure...
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
Congratulations to jessecarlk on his first silver coin. Hope you find many many more!
el Tesoro Cazador
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
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
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
Nickels----------------------18
Dimes------------------------74
Quarters--------------------81
Total Face Value----------$31.16
1-Sterling Silver Ring
Lafayette Grading Set
February's not looking too good either.