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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow - upstate - that is crazy.
I've found silver in change 3 times so far in 2012. Pls note - I almost always use cash for purchases, so that ups my odds. All 3 finds were silver dimes: Starbucks, Burger King and 7/11.
In 2011 I got 4 dimes and 1 war nick in change.....so I'm on a better pace this year. We'll see how it pans out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
1951 Rosie last year from a guy who needed change for the soda machine...it wouldn't take the silver dime. 1996,my last Walker in change. 2003 my last Morgan in change. More common Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes, maybe one a year. Though since the price of silver skyrocketed it has been less and less likely. it wasn't that long ago that most Antique stores had jars of Mercs for a buck apiece....with no takers. Lol, all long gone now. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just going through change I receive in the normal course of my day (i.e., not working at a bank or as a cashier or asking one of these people if they have anything), my hit rate is ZERO. I have never received silver in change - ever.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
Outside of roll hunting, I have found $.35 of silver coins in the last 5 years.
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Pillar of the Community
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I use to find quite a few in my stations but not much lately outside of a 1963 bu dime a clerk found. War Nickels are probably your best bet I find a few of those a month on ave |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2734 Posts |
As far as actual received-in-change silver (not roll-hunting), during the "Great Coin Jar Dump" of late 2008-early 2009, I was getting at least one 90% silver coin a month in my change.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
810 Posts |
Sorry but I dont believe some of the peoples stats on what they find in boxes. The reality of silver finds in boxes isn't very good. The best boxes in finding silver is half dollars, then nickels WWIIs, then dimes and last is quarters. I've gone through so many boxes of dimes in the past when silver was 4-17 an ounce and only managed to pull out around 15 silver dimes. Half dollars I've hit the jackpot numerous times but nowadays I dont have 500 dollars to spare for a box of halves. I honestly dont waste my time anymore on getting boxes of dimes or quarters anymore for the odds suck. I spend most of my time searching pennies and nickles and once and a while get a few rolls of halves. If anybody says they have good odds is only because they hit a lucky box.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
My wife is manager of a convenience store. With just picking out silver from the change they get from customers and from the bank, no roll searching. In the past 4 years she has brought home 73 silver dimes, 17 silver quarters, 8 90% halves, and 21 40% halves. It has been thinning out lately. A couple years ago, she was averaging 1-2 dimes per week. The silver is definitely still out there. I have gotten a couple myself just in change at stores.
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Valued Member
United States
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Found a silver george w. in my change from wawa not two years ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
Depends on what part of the country you are in. My aunt in California finds stuff every once in a while. My wife found a quarter. She ended up keeping it because she thought it was counterfeit and was worried about passing it on. I never find much of anything even though I look.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is's possible, but the chances are really low. The last time I encountered any silver was over a year ago. I happened to get a 1943 Mercury dime in change. I guess the more change you come into contact with will increase your odds. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
A little follow up on the 14 Morgans found in circulation yesterday. My brother-in-law gave my father-in-law
5 of them since he was the "finder" and he said he would give me the rest for half melt ($11) each. I said that SUPER,
but he should read up on them, check them out, see what he thinks, he may fall in love with them, because they are so cool. Well he did and he does. I said that's cool, don't feel bad, I'm happy for you. I'm going to get him a Morgan Dansco cause I think he's going to start a collection!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2757 Posts |
silver in change? can't remember ever getting silver in change. Silver in boxes? about 2X a week (of course I go through numerous boxes of change a week to get 'em).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Does that count as finding them in circulation, that is, having someone buy some booze with them
and the check out guy grabs them?
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Valued Member
 Canada
262 Posts |
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Does that count as finding them in circulation, that is, having someone buy some booze with them
and the check out guy grabs them?
That would count, yeah. |
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