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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i have been doing dimes bc I can never find halves. I find 1 silver dime per $100 searched, CWR.. boxes give up maybe 1-2..
but lately, I've been getting nothing!
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Valued Member
United States
426 Posts |
With the recent spike in silver it seems like everyone is coin roll hunting nowadays and It feels like the "good" ol days are gone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
yeah peso is right. I've been doing it for about 6 months now and let me tell ya I have seen more coinhunter marks in the past month than ever. I'm talking 20 or so different ones per box. and this is from both brinks and string and sons.
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Valued Member
United States
296 Posts |
There is no cut and dry answer to that. Every area is different. In my area halves dried up almost 2 years ago. Dimes have been very good to me. Other areas are just the opposite. That said, even dimes have started to dry up on me.  I'm pretty much ready to throw in the towel on silver searching anymore. There is a member at the realcent forum that has been keeping track of silver finds from coin roll hunting. His charts show different denominations being more productive than the others in various regions, and vise-versa. I would recommend doing dimes for a while and see how that pans out. Then make a decision. |
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Valued Member
United States
364 Posts |
Zig when the masses zag. I've moved over to searching quarters lately because the attention isn't on them.
If we're all being completely honest, let's be realistic and say the real money maker if trends continue might very well be copper pennies.
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New Member
United States
14 Posts |
My sample size is small-- but I've never found a silver half while roll-searching. I get the impression at my bank that many rolls of halves are turned in by an obsessive/compulsive roll-searcher. Something about them all being obverse-up and arranged in chronological order...
I have found a couple of silver dimes though-- including one today in 6 bank-wrapped rolls-- which is a nice by-product of my (fruitless so far) search for 2009 dimes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
I guess history repeats itself again  Retired USAF 1983-2003
Edited by Coinstar
02/05/2011 9:46 pm
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
quick question... just going on the silver weight value of each how much is a dime quarter and half dollar worth?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
All the banks I'm my area just laugh at you if you ask them to get a box od half dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
I quit ordering boxes, as it's cheaper and easier to buy the silver outright.... At 20X face.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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New Member
United States
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rkrj-- at today's prices, dimes are a little over $2, 40% halves are about $4.30, and 90% halves are about $10.50. There's a helpful website that lists these-- I don't think links are allowed here-- but you'll find it if you Google something like "coin melt value".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
ALL of the silver is gone now.....and all of the 2009 Jefferons are gone now too. Nothing can be found in the wild any more....it's forever gone. So, I think everyone should just stop searching for these things... (at least in "my" area of the state ) ....     |
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
What do you feel like is your best option for finding silver? Quarters, Dimes, War Nickels or Halves. I am new to collecting but in my limited searching I have only found a 40% half dollar and I already had it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
yeah I agree with eagle. all of you guys should just give it up. you're not going to find anything else.
eagle and i, on the other hand, will keep searching, but we know we won't find anything so don't get jealous.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do the halves, you need to find 5 dimes for every half you find.
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