How often do you find silver in change?

NewParadigm

Dimes? Quarters?

WoodenJefferson

Now days, once in a blue moon.

MercLovin

Once a year or so.

If you count my other change, daily.

tightbudget

Roll searching aside, it was about a year ago during a 2AM run to a 7-11. Cashier was too lazy to open the safe to break open a roll of quarters so he gave me a half dollar instead. Just so happened to be a 1964.

On average, I'd say once or twice a year. I've never gotten a silver quarter, only dimes and a half dollar that one time mentioned above.

mkman123

extremely rare like 1 silver coin in change every few years

stealer

Got a dime 2 years ago.

Snowballed and got me into collecting. Now I get my silver fix from coin roll hunting

secondrepublic

extremely rarely. on average once every few years.

derryb

got a 1961 D Washington in change last week. I'm seeing more silver in change - sign of hard times?

SONOMOSCA

For 11 years I'd find silver quarters on a weekly basis due to having a bulk candy vending business. I still remember my best find was $3.75 in one location and that was almost 20 years ago. I miss that sound the silver quarters would make when I'd dump the coin bags into the coin counter. Over the 11 years I've acquired almost $240 in silver quarters. Then 7 years working for a video game company I've picked up almost $60 in silver quarters. I'm $1.25 short of completing my 30th full roll and it's been that way for the last 3 years since quitting that job.

michiganboy

I got a 1961 dime two days ago and a silver quarter about 2 weeks before that, and before that is was another dime like 4 or 5 months before that but I go through all the change in my till at work. I can here a silver coin if it justs bumps something when one shows up.

JedPlanchet

About once every couple of years ...

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fiveNdime

its been over a year since i found any.

LowBudget

over a year, before that, maybe once a year the last few....long dry spell.

Elcontador

I haven't found a silver coin in change in over a decade.

Jmiami

a few months ago i got a holed mercury dime in some change

GrumpyEd

From actual change only one dime last year at McDonalds, other than that in the last 10 years I've only got a few war nickels.

From some half dollar rolls I got to search I found some 40% halves and 2 90% halves.

PinkFloyd

Usually it's a silver dime....I'd say one or two a year. Not sure if I've found any in 2011 though....been using the 'ol CC a lot.

droopyd

Hardly ever these days, not for a few years probably. I did find 2 war nickels this past year.

tydye

Once every month or two. I have a cash register at work though so I have more opportunity than most

SaorAlba

Last week doing roll searching I got two 40% halves and 13 war nickels. Last time I got silver in change was this summer, my son begged me to drive him to 7-11 after work to get a drink and I relented. When he handed me the change a 1961 dime stuck out.

Mook

Roll searches aside, getting silver coins in change is extremely rare in my neck of the woods.
In the last several years I got exactly 1 - a Washington quarter.

JJM

Once or twice a month. I have a cash register at work also

OnlyGoldIsMoney

Its usually one or two dimes a year from change. My wife is tuned into the look of silver (if not the 1964 date) and spots as many as I.

My best suceess has been checking the discard bin of coin counting machines. That will net one silver quarter most years.

TwoSides2aCoin

Rarely. Soon we might be asking how often anyone finds copper cents.

LindeDad

I don't remember getting any in the last ten years or so.

philographer

Every couple of weeks. I have a method.

Sorry, I can not reveal it here.

--Edward

DorkGirl

Every couple of years.

messydesk

Two coins over the last 5 years -- a dime and a war nickel.

botanist

Not a single one in the last 35 years, that's since 1976, until last week, when I got a 1943P war nickel among supermarket change.

AUandAG

Never it seems. I'm sure I have but I cannot remember when the last time was. Have to depend
on wife for finding silver!

bob

MVC

It's been several years since I got any silver in change. And I look religiously

IHC08

I found a silver dime about a month ago. Was very excited.

I always check my change for silver, esp. hoping for a silver quarter. No luck on that score in a loooong time.

FullCameo

For some reason I always have dreams about finding silver in change, so I can't remember if I ever do find any or not.

GBurger717

bought an ice cream at McDonalds for my daughter 2 nights ago. It cost me 1.06 with tax and I got a 64 quarter back in change......YA BUDDIE

kiyote

Last time!? 2002..

Lakesammman

Very seldom, since 90% of my purchases involve plastic and no change.

tjc2120

4 times in the past decade.

ChangeInHistory

4, maybe 5 times a year. I do have the advantage of looking through the register at the family businesstwice a week. War Nickels & dimes, but rarely quarters.

Type2

Two or Three times a year.