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The odds change constantly.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Is [[2.5]] 40% silver halves in one roll a good odd after all? Some luck finally perched on my shoulder after rolls of failure.
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07/17/2012 9:04 pm
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By the way, I meant "your" roll hunting experience, and if you ever calculated the odds.
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Well, I guess that I'm making it too difficult for everyone to answer.
How about this: would you please, if you ever hunted halves, write how many rolls you hunted and how many (in general) coins you pulled out.
Thank you very much. I would like to calculate labour.
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in 3 boxes of fed rolled halves I found one 40% kennedy, 2 proofs, a 1989 bicentineal of congress and a 1980 paname foreign coin.
in 2 rolls of Cwr halves that I have received from the bank I found one 40% kennedy.
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Thank you very much silvercoinrn.
So that means the odd of finding 2.5 (on average) 40% silver in one roll is good. (In other words, me finding silver at the percentage of 62.5% is positive)
Thank you for those who replied.
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are you able to aquire rolls of halves up there in canada?
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silvercoinrn, Very hard. The tellers usually buy the coins for themselves. Otherwise, they were pluued out of circulation a long time ago. Therefore, it is almost impossible to get rolls of 50 cent pieces in Canada, especially silver ones. They're as hard to find as the voyageur dollars, and even more difficult than Peace dollars in US banks. I hope this explains your question very well. |
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The odds do change constantly. I can search 10 boxes, not finding a keeper. Then, the next box contains 20+ silver keepers. On the teller front, 30 rolls and no keepers, and then 2 solid rolls of 40%. Catch my drift? On average, I pull 1 40% keeper per box. The odds hunting loose rolls are greater.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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I dont live far from the canada border. I should figure a way to sell rolls of fed rolled halves to canada
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I've searched three or four boxes and a handful of customer rolls.
First box had 2 '64 halves, 10 40% halves, 2 proofs, and a handful of NIFCs.
Second box had 2 40% halves and a few more NIFCs.
Last few (I got them in smaller batches) had no silver and only a couple NIFCs.
But, from customers, the odds of finding silver seem inversely proportional to the size of the dump. Every time I get large amounts of cwr's, they are 100% searched. When I was a cashier, people would periodically pay with a habdful of halves, very often with several 40%s in there. Once a lady paid me with a 90% half because I refused to let her walk away from the register when she still owed me 45 cents... she thought it would annoy and confuse me!
But, if you are looking to strike it rich with boxes of halves... just save your time and play the lottery! You will have better luck in the long run!
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But, if you are looking to strike it rich with boxes of halves... just save your time and play the lottery! You will have better luck in the long run!
This is partially my point in my post in https://goccf.com/t/124683From my own Quote: Quote:https://goccf.com/t/124683Quote:
Here's my question: if you really take the negative sides of Coin Roll Hunting (instead of a hobby), what would you come up with?
I've heard the word "coin addiction" many times on this website. "Addiction" is meant to be negative.
Some people get addicted! Quote:
As some coin roll hunters fail finding anything valuable from time to time, they would either give up or desire more boxes to hunt. As a result, coin roll hunting could waste labour and time for those who have the ability to devote himself/herself to a job with a higher revenue than Coin Roll Hunting. Once a roll hunter happens to be addicted to coin roll hunting, it may require counselling to exit the world of CRH and the agony of finding "useless" rolls. (Source, Wikipedia) This ain't complete wrong. Other than this, back on topic, now I have figured that loose rolls are better to search than boxes. After all, however, chances of getting silver is still very little and spends labour. I usually go to Washington Federal and they always have rolls that contain at least three 40% silver each. |
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When I was doing it, I was getting around 1 in 300-500 as a 40% and about 1 in 1000-2000 as a 90%.
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