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There is still silver out there. Roll Searching Results
MsMorrisine
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For those people not taking notes on my life, I mark the rejects from half dollar roll searching so I can get a feel of when I've spent the vaults.
I searched 4 boxes over the weekend.
The first 3 boxes were all but clean of marked coins except for 4 or 5 coins marked by someone else (same spot, same black marker)
I pulled the first roll from the last box and it had many coins that I marked already.
In the same roll was also a 40% silver coin.
About 1/3 of the box was marked by me. However, the box yielded the most silver of the 4. 1 90% and 7 40%.
There's still silver out there. Keep searching.
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4 box totals: 3 64's & 1 1941 Walker & 15 40%, plus a magician's coin dated 1966 that I don't think is silver. It weighs the same as my 1971 dated magician's coin.
The best find was an high AU 1979 with lots of original luster left, although it had a "wheat" colored golden tone to it. Great find for the album. I also found a pretty decent XF-AU 88D (with some marks I don't like, but better than the beaten dogs I generaly see.)
Still finding lots of clashed dies from the mid to late 90's. Check that neck! 1996 and 1998 seem to be good years for finding them.
I searched 4 boxes over the weekend.
The first 3 boxes were all but clean of marked coins except for 4 or 5 coins marked by someone else (same spot, same black marker)
I pulled the first roll from the last box and it had many coins that I marked already.
In the same roll was also a 40% silver coin.
About 1/3 of the box was marked by me. However, the box yielded the most silver of the 4. 1 90% and 7 40%.
There's still silver out there. Keep searching.
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4 box totals: 3 64's & 1 1941 Walker & 15 40%, plus a magician's coin dated 1966 that I don't think is silver. It weighs the same as my 1971 dated magician's coin.
The best find was an high AU 1979 with lots of original luster left, although it had a "wheat" colored golden tone to it. Great find for the album. I also found a pretty decent XF-AU 88D (with some marks I don't like, but better than the beaten dogs I generaly see.)
Still finding lots of clashed dies from the mid to late 90's. Check that neck! 1996 and 1998 seem to be good years for finding them.
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I once received a box that had some quarters and small dollars mixed in. I netted positive on it due to the dollars luckily.
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<< <i>I ordered a box and it will be in tomorrow. Will report back once my son goes through it. >>
Where are you guys getting these boxes? Everytime I go to the bank - they have no halves in...
and here
good luck i think it is fun
it was easier and cheap buying my 40% years ago
Bob
At least I never came up short though, all rolls were full.
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<< <i>I just got a $500 half box yesterday...total score was 3 40 percenters, two in one roll, a phillapines peso and a no cash value token. Finding wrappers however has proved to be a challenge. I'm not sure if it worth it or not. >>
you gotta find a bank to return them with a change counting machine.
I couldn't imagine re-wrapping a box of the suckers.
I've had some zero boxes. But, silver is still out there, and it's lots of fun to find one. Keep searching
My best coin found in a nickel roll:
Here are the results of my search of $300 in halves (I cashed out an educational IRA and asked for the proceeds in halves - lol).
My half dollar search
The best I've gotten from nickel boxes were war nickels.
and I agree with you, I seem to enjoy the nickel boxes the most.
<< <i>I went to my bank and they said they couldn't order halves for me?? Then I went to my credit union and got the same response. Must be my dishonest looks?? >>
Don't feel bad... I've asked both my banks every time I go in there - sometimes twice a week - and not only don't they have any half-dollar rolls, they don't - and WON'T - order them...
"Nobody wants them" I'm told...
I'll keep asking, but in my neck of the woods, methinks the pattern's set...
By the way, I think you could save a lot of time searching rolls if you were buying so few that you could weigh them with a DigiWeigh... if the roll weighs more than about 226 grams, you might have some silver in that roll!!
Edited to announce "Nevermind"... this scale is too limited to measure... but something more comprehensive might work, eh?
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