First non-skunk box of halves

[BigMoses777]

Just had to post this in celebration of the fact That I struck silver!!!



It's the little things in life...

 

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[weighit]

Wow, it has been so long that I have forgotten the last box that held silver for me. I bet it has been 18 boxes now. I seem to find my silver in loose coins at the banks. Glad you found some, keep looking.

 

[BigMoses777]

Sniff sniff... What's that smell? 2nd box was a skunk. On to number 3 on Monday!

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

65-71 are considered 40% right

 

[beebs88]

65-71 are considered 40% right

65-69 will be 40%
70s and 76s also but in last year I found only 1 76s.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

65-69 will be 40%
70s and 76s also but in last year I found only 1 76s.

That's confusing alil

 

[theekman]

65-70 is 40%

Post 70 S-mint coins can be either 40% or clad

 

[Coin Gopher]

65-70 is 40%

Post 70 S-mint coins can be either 40% or clad

How do you tell the difference?

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

will the rim be 2 colored

 

[Coin Gopher]

So Clad will be all copper color? Most modern coins have two tone edges. Confused..

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

So Clad will be all copper color? Most modern coins have two tone edges. Confused..

Me too

 

[BigMoses777]

Clad will be 2 toned.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Clad will be 2 toned.

Will the small amount silver be white then too

 

[CoinFetcher]

holy Crap.

silver halves are 99.99% of the time from 1776-1969

And Of course rse the commemorative halves post 1982. and the 1970, and 1976.

 

[Coin Gopher]

I ask because I have a couple 1776-1976 half's and from what I read, Box sets are Silver. I'm assuming a two tone edge 1976 is not silver. Correct?

 

[BigMoses777]

I ask because I have a couple 1776-1976 half's and from what I read, Box sets are Silver. I'm assuming a two tone edge 1976 is not silver. Correct?

Correct. If it is silver it will be mint mark S

 

[BigMoses777]

Results from the 4 boxes of halves this week.

1st: 2 40%
2nd: skunk
3rd: last roll opened had a 1974 proof!
4th: 2 40%
Fun stuff!

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Results from the 4 boxes of halves this week.

1st: 2 40%
2nd: skunk
3rd: last roll opened had a 1974 proof!
4th: 2 40%
Fun stuff!

Lucky duck

 

[mercury1]

There seems to be a massive amount of confusion in this thread. 1964 and earlier halves are 90% silver. 1965-1970 halves are 40% silver. 1976 s mint halves can be 40% silver or clad. In addition, starting in the early 90's, 92 or 93, can't remember exactly, 90% s mint proof coins were made. The modern 90% silver halves have a nice white edge like the pre 65. They are very rare in circulation. The 1976 s mint, 40% silver halves are also very rarely found in circulation. Any 40% half is going to be silver clad, meaning a copper core, with a small percentage of silver alloyed with the copper, surrounded by silver, with a small percentage of copper alloyed in. Most 40% coins are easily identified by a mostly white edge with a less pronounced copper(mostly copper) core visible. However, some 40% coins have an appearance very similar to regular clad. They can be identified by year, weight and sound test. HH

 

[stangplane]

in the past 2 months I have gone through $8000.00 of halves. last week I got 2000.00s.

box1 11 40% 1 90%
box2 1 40%
box3 0
box4 0

the first 40% was showing on the end of the roll. I made my wife open it up. she thinks I am crazy. but after finding 13 silver coins she cuts me some slack now.