Half Dollar Find & Giveaway Winner - JonMN34
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Just wanted to let you know that we have a winner for the 2011 Silver Eagle giveaway. JonMN34 guessed that my oldest find was an 1893 Columbian Exposition commemorative. Turns out that he had the year and the type exactly correct. Closedloop also guessed 1893, but JonMN34 posted first. Here's a pic of the coin, as well as another commemorative I've found.
JonMN34 was the only one that even mentioned a "You Suck" award. Is it coincidence that he was the winner? Thanks everyone for your guesses, and for making my first giveaway a lot of fun.
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Hey everyone,
I'm a long-time lurker that found these forums during the 2010 ATB craziness, and wound up learning so much stuff from all of the other threads that I wound up staying.
First, here's the half dollar find. For the past two years I've been searching two $1,000 bags of half dollars each week and using the finds to pay for nicer coins. About 60% of the bags are skunks, about 37% have 1-10 keepers, and the rest have had anywhere from 40 - 190 keepers.
Well, this week was my best week of searching I've ever had. Here's a pic of the results. Each stack has ten 40%'ers.
The first bag had 6 90% and 84 40%. The second bag was even better, with 1 90% and 354 40%, for a total of 7 90% and 440 40%!
This weekend I took my haul to my favorite coin shop, and traded the 447 keepers from the two bags for this.
Needless to say, I still can't believe it. I found more keepers in two bags than I had found in the previous one hundred bags I had searched.
Now for the giveaway part. To say thanks for everything I've learned from you all over the last seven months, I'd like to giveaway a 2011 Silver Eagle to the person that comes closest to guessing the year of the oldest half dollar that I've found in a bag of half dollars. If there's a tie we'll go with the guess that is closest without going over. I'll take one guess per person until I reveal the winner on Friday (7/22) morning.
JonMN34 was the only one that even mentioned a "You Suck" award. Is it coincidence that he was the winner? Thanks everyone for your guesses, and for making my first giveaway a lot of fun.
-----Begin Original Post-----
Hey everyone,
I'm a long-time lurker that found these forums during the 2010 ATB craziness, and wound up learning so much stuff from all of the other threads that I wound up staying.
First, here's the half dollar find. For the past two years I've been searching two $1,000 bags of half dollars each week and using the finds to pay for nicer coins. About 60% of the bags are skunks, about 37% have 1-10 keepers, and the rest have had anywhere from 40 - 190 keepers.
Well, this week was my best week of searching I've ever had. Here's a pic of the results. Each stack has ten 40%'ers.
The first bag had 6 90% and 84 40%. The second bag was even better, with 1 90% and 354 40%, for a total of 7 90% and 440 40%!
This weekend I took my haul to my favorite coin shop, and traded the 447 keepers from the two bags for this.
Needless to say, I still can't believe it. I found more keepers in two bags than I had found in the previous one hundred bags I had searched.
Now for the giveaway part. To say thanks for everything I've learned from you all over the last seven months, I'd like to giveaway a 2011 Silver Eagle to the person that comes closest to guessing the year of the oldest half dollar that I've found in a bag of half dollars. If there's a tie we'll go with the guess that is closest without going over. I'll take one guess per person until I reveal the winner on Friday (7/22) morning.
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1946
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
Never found one keeper. Nope. Just not in my cards or already searched by some other
bank member.
Began putting pencil X's on the rolls and have never had one come back. So, have not
been able to comprehend the problem. Perhaps it's just my area here in Las Vegas.
bob
1940 thanks for the chance
Thanks for the opportunity!
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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Cheers!
-Paul
1923 is my guess.
1944
Amazing luck sometimes awaits those with persistence.
zap
102 capped bust half dollars - 100 die marriages
BHNC #198
I have searched maybe about $5,000 in halves over the years and have not had such success as you have, but found maybe 15 90% all 64 Kennedys except one Franklin. As far as 40 % goes maybe 80-100. I've searched as much as $400 once without finding anything but it seems that every other time (usually between $100- $200) I found something, even if it was just a couple 40%.
Congratulations on your good fortune!! And thanks for the chance.
Very cool
And anybody guessing above 1947, well, nevermind. Am I disqualified now?
How about 1940?
thanks
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I have to guess 1909
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Thanks for the chance
Mr. Spud beat me to the '43, hence the revision!
I'm so happy to read of your success - patience does pay off! Very nice gold coin!
Congratulations on the finds and the gold coin.
Thanks for the oportunity.
Ron
I too, found this place because of the mega ATB thread
cheers
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Thanks for the chance at a cool give-away
Oops someone already picked 1941 so I'll say 1948 as my choice, if thats okay.
Edited for new date pick.
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I'll guess 1927.
Edited because Mar327 already guessed 1929.
That might me a you suck there... great haul
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Theres a walker staring you in the face as you wrote that
Thanks.
Very cool and thanks for the giveaway.
1936
Cheers, RickO
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Congrats. I've never had a haul anything near that in all my searching.
John
and congratulations on 6 posts